https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/bad-rabbit/Recent content in Bad Rabbit on LocodigitalHugoen-USSat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/bad-rabbit-2017-fake-flash-ransomware-notpetya/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/bad-rabbit-2017-fake-flash-ransomware-notpetya/<p>On October 24, 2017, employees at the Kyiv metro, Odessa airport and Russian news agencies found the same screen: black background, red letters and a demand for 0.05 bitcoin, about $280 at the time, to get their computer back. The attack was called <strong>Bad Rabbit</strong>. It arrived four months after <a href="https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/notpetya-at-9-the-wiper-that-hit-maersk-and-merck/">NotPetya</a>, so everyone's first thought was: "again?"</p> <h2>What was Bad Rabbit?</h2> <h3>What is Bad Rabbit?</h3> <p><strong>Bad Rabbit was ransomware that encrypted files and the entire disk of Windows computers, disguised as an Adobe Flash Player update and spread through compromised websites, mainly in Russia and Ukraine.</strong> Once inside a machine, it tried to jump to others on the same network.</p>