Large-Scale Petya Ransomware Attack In Progress, Hits Europe Hard

A large-scale ransomware attack reported to be caused by a variant of the Petya ransomware is currently hitting various users, particularly in Europe. Users and organizations are thus advised to perform the following mitigation steps immediately in order to prevent and avoid infection:

• Apply the security patch MS17-010
• Disable TCP port 445
• Restrict accounts with administrator group access

REF: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/large-scale-ransomware-attack-progress-hits-europe-hard