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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 Hairyfeet on Sunday November 08 2015, @10:26PM

    by Hairyfeet (75) <bassbeast1968NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Sunday November 08 2015, @10:26PM (#260534) Journal

    And if you run FreeDOS without network support I'm sure you will be completely immune to everything, your point? If you want to have your "computer" be nothing more than a blinking cursor like its 1979 Disco Dan that is your choice, most of us don't want our computer evolution to end when Ronnie Raygun became POTUS.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday November 09 2015, @05:28PM

    by Freeman (732) on Monday November 09 2015, @05:28PM (#260831) Journal

    How do you equate using FreeBSD as an alternative Web Host with using a non-network connected installation of FreeDOS?

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