From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Nov 20 00:41:42 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6DBEA339FC for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:41:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-in6.apple.com (mail-out6.apple.com [17.151.62.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CEAF1B4C for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:41:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay4.apple.com (relay4.apple.com [17.128.113.87]) by mail-in6.apple.com (Apple Secure Mail Relay) with SMTP id 8D.00.09556.44C6E465; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:41:40 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11973e15-f79be6d000002554-cc-564e6c44da8f Received: from [17.149.231.81] (Unknown_Domain [17.149.231.81]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay4.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id 4E.9F.21296.44C6E465; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:41:40 -0800 (PST) From: Charles Swiger Message-Id: <2021B94D-F9CA-4346-BDA5-A3A460C6BA3B@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Subject: Re: ransomware virus on Linux Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:41:39 -0800 References: <20151119064434.GB1925@c720-r276659.oa.oclc.org> <86y4dtiqc3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20151120002132.7a4e3a82@gumby.homeunix.com> To: FreeBSD - In-Reply-To: <20151120002132.7a4e3a82@gumby.homeunix.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrALMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUi2FAYruuS4xdmcPqenMXLr5tYHBg9Znya zxLAGMVlk5Kak1mWWqRvl8CVsfDHJpaCGzIV++evZm1gnCbZxcjJISFgIjH76ApWCFtM4sK9 9WxdjFwcQgJ7GSUu9b1hhim6efcCO0RiKpPEl1cHWLoYOTjYBNQkJkzkAalhFkiQ+H/qNlg9 r4CVxOIDf1khbAOJtqtnGEHKhYHKVz0tAQmzCKhKTN9+ngViZDujxLZ1f8DqRQR0JZpe/2MH sTkFLCX+7d/MBnGDvMTPlQ1MIA0SAk9ZJV58P8g+gVFgFpLds5Dsg4hrSyxb+BoozgFk60hM XogmDGF/PH+EaQEj2ypGodzEzBzdzDwzvcSCgpxUveT83E2MoCCebie6g/HMKqtDjAIcjEo8 vA3ifmFCrIllxZW5hxilOViUxHlt7IBCAumJJanZqakFqUXxRaU5qcWHGJk4OKUaGB8wtMuL szXkat3eav7S8c0BudlGm40b2NMiP66/tmAd++Q2r1dqeUuTvf9cuGjw3t1ELcXAuMhr7ZaS hdvXrz77xfzrHgPJhP+/4hbZX7miIFD4NddEJ3zpMocIhqczpngeqNVoTqj+ki53mHHLPL4l O099i/q6Jqqg7F6ByROeVVlcx7+vdFJiKc5INNRiLipOBAD8s/hoQwIAAA== X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrMLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUiOPV5oK5Ljl+YwelpMhYvv25icWD0mPFp PksAYxSXTUpqTmZZapG+XQJXxsIfm1gKbshU7J+/mrWBcZpkFyMnh4SAicTNuxfYIWwxiQv3 1rN1MXJxCAlMZZL48uoASxcjBwebgJrEhIk8IDXMAgkS/0/dZgaxeQWsJBYf+MsKYRtItF09 wwhSLgxUvuppCUiYRUBVYvr28ywQI9sZJbat+wNWLyKgK9H0+h/YXk4BS4l/+zezQdwgL/Fz ZQPTBEbeWUjWzUKyAiKuLbFs4WugOAeQrSMxeSGaMIT98fwRpgWMbKsYBYpScxIrTfQSCwpy UvWS83M3MYKCrqEwfAfjv2VWhxgFOBiVeHgbxP3ChFgTy4orcw8xSnAwK4nwLvUDCvGmJFZW pRblxxeV5qQWH2KU5mBREuf1NgVKCaQnlqRmp6YWpBbBZJk4OKUaGMs6Nsl8ZXiqWK28d0Ed 752NJY7Wl9mflU21EJpy+7EN5/HIPSt/n37M/uZHYb5vLkOuSd3BA9pBJzcaHrvkuJPvmeTr a/Muq90pv1z5xUlij6Dr23qLn2mRfiI+S258c4wxSa5qipzutVE7P6bOQ9xNYWLW0sv363Z1 Ouxw/P1lQYL/4U2zmJVYijMSDbWYi4oTAbjOiwg2AgAA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:41:42 -0000 On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:21 PM, RW via freebsd-questions = wrote: > What worries me is that the next version might target Linux = workstations > where there's a lot of very complex software running as the owner of > the user data.=20 Ransomware which encrypts your stuff isn't a major problem if you have a = current backup. So, verify that your backups work. Regards, --=20 -Chuck