Security News > 2015 > November > Linux Encoder victims catch a lucky break: a flaw in the malware means no ransom has to be paid (Help Net Security)

2015-11-10 11:54
The recently spotted Linux Encoder crypto-ransomware is very disruptive, but the good news is that the malware makers have made a mistake that allowed Bitdefender researchers to recover the AES encryp...
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