MALWARE CYBERATTACKS HIT AIRPORT, SUBWAY AND MEDIA OUTLETS

A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital’s subway and at some independent Russian media.

The Odesa airport, Kyiv subway and Russian media outlets Interfax and Fontanka reported being targeted Tuesday. The cyberattack appears to be similar to an attack in June that locked the computers of hospitals, government offices and multinationals with encryption that demanded a ransom. The software appeared to have originated in Ukraine.

The Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Group-IB said Wednesday the ransomware called BadRabbit also tried to penetrate the computers of major Russian banks.