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Linux and rise of Ransomware
The availability of ransomware on Linux is growing. This is the story behind how things started and what we can expect to be next in the near future.
Summary
Ransomware on the Linux Platform
Times are changing when it comes to Linux malware. Since a long time we had backdoors, PHP shells, and even rootkits. But it won’t take long that ransomware will catch up on the Linux platform. We hope you are reading this to counter the threat, not because it is already too late.
Ransomware invasion
Ransomware is a little devil. It encrypts your valuable data and protects it with a generated key. This key is then forwarded to the maker of the ransomware, and then it is safeguarded. The key is released upon payment, together with a decryption utility. And surprisingly, the bad guys will deliver each time. This way they know people will keep paying for ransomware intrusions.