Windows ransomware LockBit makes the jump to Linux

[Windows Central]

Take out your wallet and kick it across the floor, Tux.

[h=2]What you need to know[/h]

• Ransomware and Windows go together like bread and butter.
• Though Windows is the primary recipient of ransomware efforts, Linux is getting more and more strains of the threat itself.
• Now LockBit, an irksome danger on the Windows side of computing, has made its Linux debut.

First, they came for Windows. Then, for Tux. As cool as Linux is, it's increasingly becoming a target for ransomware-friendly cyber criminals intent on ruining people's days.

Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...