Petya Ransomware Spreading Rapidly Worldwide, Just Like WannaCry

Watch out, readers! It is ransomware, another WannaCry, another wide-spread attack.

The WannaCry ransomware is not dead yet and another large scale ransomware attack is making chaos worldwide, shutting down computers at corporates, power supplies, and banks across Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France, UK, India, and Europe and demanding $300 in bitcoins.

According to multiple sources, a new variant of Petya ransomware, also known as Petwrap, is spreading rapidly with the help of same Windows SMBv1 vulnerability that the WannaCry ransomware abused to infect 300,000 systems and servers worldwide in just 72 hours last month.

Sega launching range of free retro games for mobile

Two to three Sega Forever releases planned per month, publisher hopes to convert 10% with ad-removal in-game purchase.

Under the brand Sega Forever, the company is rolling out emulations of titles from all of its past consoles, including Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear - and eventually Dreamcast and Saturn.

Five games will be available when the series launches tomorrow - Sonic The Hedgehog, Comix Zone, Phantasy Star II, Kid Chameleon and Altered Beast - with plans to release another two to three titles per month.

New Fileless Ransomware with Code Injection Ability Detected in the Wild

It is no secret that hackers and cybercriminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day.

While new forms of cybercrime are on the rise, traditional activities seem to be shifting towards more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors with low detection rates.

Security researchers have recently discovered a new fileless ransomware, dubbed "Sorebrect," which injects malicious code into a legitimate system process (svchost.exe) on a targeted system and then self-destruct itself in order to evade detection.

Unlike traditional ransomware, Sorebrect has been designed to target enterprise's servers and endpoint. The injected code then initiates the file encryption process on the local machine and connected network shares.

Atari teases a brand new product

Atari is asking those interested to subscribe now at www.ataribox.com and be the first to know more. Judging from the site's name, this product might very well be call the Atari Box. And as this name suggests, it might very well be a console!