Criminals behind the potent REvil ransomware have ported the malware to Linux for targeted attacks. Researchers at AT&T Cybersecurity said they have confirmed four Linux samples of the REvil malware in the wild. Researchers said the Linux version of REvil share similar attributes to the Windows OS variant. The move is an attempt to target VMware s ESXi virtual machine management software and network attached storage (NAS) devices that run on the Linux operating system (OS) The Linux variant was spotted in May affecting *nix systems and ESXi
Source: https://threatpost.com/linux-variant-ransomware-vmwares-nas/167511/