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Ransomware Found Targeting Linux Servers, MySQL, Git, Other Development Files (drweb.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the poaching-penguins dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A new piece of ransomware has been discovered that targets Linux servers, looking to encrypt only files that are related to Web hosting, Web servers, MySQL, Subversion, Git, and other technologies used in Web development and HTTP servers. Weirdly, despite targeting business environments, the ransomware only asks for 1 Bitcoin, a fairly low amount compared to other ransomware.

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  1. The attackers are hoping for volume by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The relatively low price is designed to make it too much of a hassle for the victims to contact the police, lawyers, etc. etc. in an effort to track down and stop the perpetrators.

    They are probably hoping for higher volumes of payment from a lot of people instead of trying to go all Hollywood and ask for some insane amount of money that would make bringing in the cops worthwhile.

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  2. Re:What's The Vector, Victor? by See+Attached · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this a sales play from DrWeb? I can make a KSH called /tmp/ls that does the same thing....

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  3. backup by fluffernutter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1. There is no reason to have anything rinning as root
    2. There is no reason to run any non-os command as root
    3. it takes 45 mins at most to reimage a server and redeploy from backup

    The people who get this are asking for it. Its like the internet startup darwin awards.

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