[xen-tools-discuss] Locky Ransomware via xen-tools lists (was: xen-tools-discuss)

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Hi axel,

Note that locky virus can also affect Linux users as well as Mac users so basically nobody is safe 

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> On 09 Apr 2016, at 14:47, Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the notice.
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 07:44:21AM +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>> Hey all just want to send out a warning in case this ended up in anyones
>> inbox.
> 
> Not sure where it ended up here (as I haven't seen it yet), but
> probably correctly in the spam filter.
> 
>> There is a cryptographic virus called locky that will encrypt your
>> files
> 
> ... if you're using Windows. Which I expect aren't that many users on
> the xen-tools lists as there is no Xen for Windows.
> 
> So actually I don't care about the virus. I care more about the
> reputation of my mail server which has multiplied that mail.
> 
> About a month ago I got a complaint for such a mail, but explaining
> that it was a on-purpose open mailing list of an open-source project
> seem to have sufficed.
> 
> Nevertheless, for now I've made both xen-tools lists (xen-tools-discuss
> and xen-tools-dev) member-only list, so that I have to moderate every
> mail coming from a non-member. While this will save the lists from
> such crap (unless the e-mail address of a member is faked -- which is
> not unlikely) I'll have to look at every non-member mail and I may
> not act timely on moderating them if they're indeed on-topic.
> 
>        Kind regards, Axel
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