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Linux-targeted KillDisk may use ransomware to hide true purpose

By MWR, 16 January 2017

A variant of the KillDisk malware used in attacks against Ukraine has been discovered that targets Linux.

A Linux variant of the KillDisk malware, discovered by ESET researchers, leaves machines unbootable, after encrypting files and requesting a large ransom. But, writes Countercept's Luke Jennings, the use of ransomware here might be hiding the malware's real purpose.

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