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Linux Ransomware Has Predictable Key, Automated Decryption Tool Released (csoonline.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

itwbennett writes: Last week a new piece of ransomware was discovered that targets Linux servers. Yesterday, researchers at Bitdefender discovered a critical flaw in how the ransomware (dubbed Linux.Encoder.1) operates while testing a sample in their lab and released a free tool that will automatically decrypt any files on a victim's system that were targeted.

2 of 78 comments (clear)

  1. Re:lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It probably included the source code when the system was infected.

  2. Re:Linux.Encoder.2 by Attila+the+Bun · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it was open source there'd be a patch already.