Ransomware Gunning for Linux Web Sites

on Linux-based Web servers

[Taryn_S]

[krebsonsecurity.com ]

Article describes linux-based websites being encrypted and held for ransom. Owner must pay using bitcoin and in some cases, even when files were retrieved, the encryption messed with the actual content of the file.

[whitespace]

From the linked article:

Typically, the malware is injected into Web sites via known vulnerabilities in site plugins or third-party software — such as shopping cart programs.

In the example given in the article, the server "was infected via an unpatched vulnerability in Magento".

It’s worth noting that the malware requires the compromised user account on the Linux system to be an administrator

[Leosghost]

These are not the catastrophes you are looking for..
( linked from the linked article )
[labs.bitdefender.com...]