"New Petya Ransomware Attack Moving Laterally to Exploit Users"

The global outbreak of the Petya ransomware cyberattack continues as organizations are still being hit, more so in the Ukraine than in the U.S. It has been discovered that the Petya ransomware attack was initiated by the ExternalBlue exploit within Microsoft systems. This article further discusses discoveries made by recent analyses performed on the attack, disagreements over the naming of this ransomware, and ways in which organizations can avoid the infection of this new variant of Petya ransomware. 

eWeek reports "New Petya Ransomware Attack Moving Laterally to Exploit Users"