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Ransomware malware targeting Linux Desktop users spotted in the wild (github.com/evilsocket)
12 points by gus_ 11 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


not linux, but Go packages.


The campaign is using Go packages just as a mechanism to download a ransomware for Linux systems, and it specifically checks if the Documents/ directory exists for the current user. If it doesn't exist it does nothing.

That's probably why the malware sandboxes are not detecting the outbound connections and the encrypting activity.




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