Comprehensive Survey on Petya Ransomware Attack

Abstract

In the recent past, there has been an exponential increase in the cyber-attack. One of the most dangerous attacks in this cyber-attack is the ransomware attack which not only corrupt and encrypts the data but also steals the information from the system which can be very dangerous. One of the major ransomware attacks in recent past is the Petya ransomware attack. Methodology and threats due to Petya ransomware are discussed. Awareness and Mitigation for this are also discussed.