killdisk
I almost 'Asset', a global company operating
in the field of digital proactive protection,
that the new type of program to sabotage
industrial systems (KillDisk) has the ability
to encrypt computer operating devices file
system 'Linux' which makes them unable
to take off in addition to a final loss of data.
Although the program is designed not allow
recovery of encrypted files and private encryption
keys are not stored or sent anywhere, but criminals
seeking a ransom of 250 thousand US dollars in
the currency 'Bitcoin' digital. Fortunately, the company's
researchers 'Asset' discovered a gap in the encryption
process used for making data recovery is possible even if difficult.
On this occasion, Robert Aboڤski, Senior Researcher at
the company 'Asset' said: "The sabotage industrial systems
software discovery (KillDisk) emphasizes the need not
to give in and think about the payment of ransom.
No guarantee when dealing with criminals to restore the
data again; in this case is quite clear that the criminals
have no intention at all to fulfill their promises.
the prevention and safe only way to deal with malicious
ransom software; and must also demonstrate awareness
and focus on the basic necessities of protection, including
the updating of regulations and protection by using known
security solution, as well as keep backup copies and test
the ability to restore always files. "
The program (KillDisk) malignant subversive tools that
gained notoriety as a key element in the successful attack
by the malware group 'Black Energy', which targeted the
electrical grid in Ukraine in December 2015. More recently,
researchers monitor the company 'Asset' some electronic
sabotage attacks were planned against several targets in
the financial sector of Ukraine. And continues to attack
using KillDisk program focusing since then on the other
targets in the maritime transport sector campaigns.
And it witnessed the attack tools developed pointing,
and new types of program (KillDisk) sabotage belong
to the category of cache ransom encrypt files software.
It is aimed primarily operating systems 'Windows',
knowing that the kind that targets computers operating
system 'Linux' affects negatively on workstations used for
the same system, as well as servers, thereby enhancing the
potential for devastating damage.
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