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		Hive ransomware now encrypts Linux and FreeBSD systems (bleepingcomputer.com)
		5 points by dandotway on Oct 30, 2021 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

dandotway on Oct 30, 2021 [–]

The Linux variant also proved to be quite buggy during ESET's analysis, with the encryption completely failing when the malware was executed with an explicit path.

This brings to mind GNU Humor's 'Why GNU/Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon':

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/evilmalware.html

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