On 11/11/2015 10:24 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: [...] > Brian Krebs of Krebs On Security had > something on ransomware and Linux, just not labeled Ransm-C or > anything: > > http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/ransomware-now-gunning-for-your-web-sites/ > > IF I'm understanding correctly, he appears to have updated that > article with a *potential* way to beat it via a *potential* > vulnerability.... at least until the perpetrators upgrade their own > tactics, anyway. > > I like what Brian's been doing. I can cognitively understand a LOT of > what he writes about. He's caught SlashDot's eye a time or two, too. > > Adding another keyword here, Linux.Decoder.1, which Brian says was a > name dubbed by "Russian antivirus and security firm Dr.Web". It may or > may not be the same as the other, but sounds like it works > similar'ISH. > > Next stop is to pop over to a group called BlindWebbers. I'd seen > Brian's email subject line earlier and thought instantly of them, just > didn't get around to opening it then. The guy in Brian's article makes > it sound like it's a little time consuming and still has incidental > glitches afterwards. > > That's presumably coming from someone with no visual disabilities. The > difficulty level of getting one's website back would understandably > rise relative to one's ability or lack thereof to actually see what's > going on within the file hierarchy..... AND apparently each single > file that reportedly stands to potentially gather random bits AFTER > the files have been decrypted. As a user, I too, find Krebs informative. Also notable was this recent Washington Post article about Linus Torvalds and Linux security: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/11/05/net-of-insecurity-the-kernel-of-the-argument/ "Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses." Regards, Ralph
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