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Goldeneye Ransomware the Petya/Mischa combo rebranded

Petya is an interesting low-level ransomware, but it is now under a new name – Goldeneye. The fourth version of the malware is being distributed by phishing e-mails, in campaigns targeting Germany. The threat will probably go global again, as the affiliate program for other criminals is going to be released soon. The high-level attack is deployed and the files are encrypted one by one. Then, the malware tries to bypass UAC and elevate its privileges by its own, in order to make the second attack, this time at the beginning of the disk.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/12/goldeneye-ransomware-the-petyamischa-combo-rebranded/

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