Tag: HybridPetya

Researchers at ESET have reported the emergence of a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya, which blends techniques from the notorious Petya and NotPetya families while adding the ability to bypass Secure Boot on UEFI-based systems. To achieve this, attackers exploited CVE-2024-7344, a vulnerability patched in January 2025 that allowed the execution of forged EFI applications…