ESET Research has discovered HybridPetya, on the VirusTotal sample sharing platform. It is a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, adding the capability of compromising UEFI-based systems and weaponizing CVE‑2024‑7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. Key points of this blogpost: New ransomware samples, which we named HybridPetya, resembling the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, were uploaded to VirusTotal in …
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