Security News > 2020 > November > RansomExx ransomware also encrypts Linux systems

With companies commonly using a mixed environment of Windows and Linux servers, ransomware operations have increasingly started to create Linux versions of their malware to ensure they encrypt all critical data.

A new report today by Kaspersky takes a look at the Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware, also known as Defray777.

Unlike the Windows version, Kaspersky states that the Linux version is a no-frills ransomware.

Fabian Wosar, the CTO of cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, told BleepingComputer that he first saw RansomExx utilizing a Linux version in attacks in July 2020, but may have been used earlier.

RansomExx is not the first ransomware to create Linux versions.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomexx-ransomware-also-encrypts-linux-systems/