Lilu or Lilocked as it's called, targets specific file types (like HTML, PHP, and image files) and alters their file extension to '.lilocked.' The ransomware also leaves a note instructing affected users to access an Onion site and pay either 0.03 BTC or US $325 to decrypt file affected files.Īnd also in 2019 QNAPCrypt come on the scene to specifically target Linux NAS servers. In July 2019, Linux Ransomware started showing up in cloud hosted environments. June 2017 saw ' Erebus ransomware' encrypted 153 Linux server in South Korea.Īlso In 2017, we saw ' Killdisk ransomware' in the Ukraine. So the threats have started showing up in droves. Intellectual property, Client data, Personal Credit and Health data are all processed by the petabyte daily in Linux servers. Linux now runs the backbone of almost every large corporate cloud initiative. Linux rules all the clouds now, including Microsoft's own Azure. Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server. Again, Windows is responsible for the other eight percent. It boasts more than 350,000 individual instances. On Amazon EC2, standard Linux (along with its various distros) controls 92 percent of the market. The two largest cloud providers, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure (cough) are almost completely linux. Second, the world started the move towards cloud based infrastructure with virtualized servers. The Windows Defender product is a powerhouse unto itself! Windows machines are not by default as easy a terget as they used to be. Up until recently, Microsoft took a back seat to Endpoint Protection vendors like Symantec, McAfee, Trend, Kaspersky, etc. If you were putting something like ClamAV on your Linux box, it was simply due diligence to protect Windows File Shares on the Samba service.īut over the past 5-6 years, a couple things have happened.įirst, Microsoft woke up and started adopting security practices right into their Operating Systems and Applications. There was nothing of interest or value kept on a Linux box. well forgive me Microsoft, but they were easy targets.

The general consensus was that the majority of endpoint out there were some variant of a Windows Device and. Once upon a time, it was accepted practice to run a Linux machine (or a Mac for that matter!) without Endpoint Protection

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