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Linux Ransomware is Now Attacking Webmasters

posted by janrinok on Sunday November 08 2015, @06:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the malware-for-idiots dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

A new bit of ransomware is now attacking Linux-based machines, specifically the folders associated with serving web pages. Called Linux.Encoder.1 the ransomware will encrypt your MySQL, Apache, and home/root folders. The system then asks for a single bitcoin to decrypt the files.

From Dr.Web Antivirus:

Once launched with administrator privileges, the Trojan dubbed Linux.Encoder.1 downloads files containing cybercriminals’ demands and a file with the path to a public RSA key. After that, the malicious program starts as a daemon and deletes the original files. Subsequently, the RSA key is used to store AES keys which will be employed by the Trojan to encrypt files on the infected computer.

[Ed's Comment: Emphasis mine.]

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday November 08 2015, @11:18AM

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Sunday November 08 2015, @11:18AM (#260298) Homepage Journal

    I saw this amusing bit in TFA:

    The team recommends backing up all data and keeping all files in place if you’re attacked until researchers create a decryption system.

    Since the data is encrypted with an RSA 2048 bit key, I imagine that researchers will be working on that "decryption system" for quite some time.

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday November 08 2015, @02:07PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday November 08 2015, @02:07PM (#260344) Journal

    Which just means, you should keep making backups of all data for basically forever (or until you no longer need that data). Which certainly is a good advice.

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