Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-13 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I do agree with Piyavkin. AFAIT these are perhaps marketing efforts by corporations exploiting "customer fear" and implementing their policy of "buy or suffer". All about Linux, a user should see the message carefully and analyse before executing a program with root privileges. That's why "sudo" an

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-13 Thread Piyavkin
On 13.11.2015 23:35, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 13 November 2015 14:19:00 Piyavkin wrote: On 12.11.2015 21:14, Ralph Katz wrote: 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 anyth

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 13 November 2015 14:19:00 Piyavkin wrote: > On 12.11.2015 21:14, Ralph Katz wrote: > > 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: > >> > >>

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-13 Thread Piyavkin
On 12.11.2015 21:14, Ralph Katz wrote: 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 unde

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-12 Thread Ralph Katz
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 appe

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Joel Rees
ease - I'm not sure how to evaluate this or how to react. > > > > I don't see any mention of ransomware threats on that page. > > Wrong page - sorry. It is clearly time I was in bed! > https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/11/ransomware-meets-linux-on-the-command

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 11/11/15, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > For fun, I checked my inbox for any references to the ransomware. > There are ZERO references in what's probably at least 150,000 emails > or more. For that reason, I'm adding the name here: Ransm-C and > Linux/Ransm-C so this thread becomes searchable for

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
how to react. >> >> I don't see any mention of ransomware threats on that page. > > Wrong page - sorry. It is clearly time I was in bed! > https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/11/ransomware-meets-linux-on-the-command-line/ When it didn't work for me, I just fig

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
n of ransomware threats on that page. Wrong page - sorry. It is clearly time I was in bed! https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/11/ransomware-meets-linux-on-the-command-line/ Lisi

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Stuart Longland
On 12/11/15 08:24, Lisi Reisz wrote: > https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118624.aspx > Comments. please - I'm not sure how to evaluate this or how to react. I don't see any mention of ransomware threats on that page. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my

Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

2015-11-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118624.aspx Comments. please - I'm not sure how to evaluate this or how to react. Thanks, Lisi