New HybridPetya Ransomware Bypasses UEFI Secure Boot With CVE-2024-7344 Exploit

Friday, September 12, 2025 11:50 AM | The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya that resembles the notorious Petya/NotPetya malware, while also incorporating the ability to bypass the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems using a now-patched vulnerability disclosed earlier this year. Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said the samples were uploaded