[ale] Linux Ransom-ware

[DJ-Pfulio]

Which is why reviewing daily backup reports for issues is important.
Sadly, they are boring almost always ... except Netbackup which I vaguely recall
was full of "standard errors" ... of things that failed to be backed up.



On 11/12/2015 07:11 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> This kind of attack would appear in backups as a sudden rise in the number
> of incremental file backups.
> On Nov 12, 2015 6:31 AM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> 
>> Apparently they found a predictable encryption key:
>> http://labs.bitdefender.com/2015/11/linux-ransomware-debut-fails-on-predictable-encryption-key/
>>
>> On 11/09/2015 04:35 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>
>>> Linux Ransom-ware is out looking for ways to attack and encrypt your
>>> systems:
>>>
>>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/ransomware-now-gunning-for-your-web-sites/
>>>
>>> Good news: They only want 1 bitcoin as payment.
>>>
>>> Bad news: 1 BC is about US$420 and the unlock process doesn't put
>>> everything back exactly like it was.
>>>