Comments by "Ding Dong" (@dingdong2103) on "Low Level" channel.

@douggodsoe It's funny because anyone can read the bash script before running it so the chances of this attack being successful is close to none. It's done in an extremely amateur way.
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pretty funny to see it's a regular shell script
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@AlfredOmega-w1o Most linux systems don't even run antiviruses and a bash script doesn't exactly trigger any traditional virus signatures. How could the antivirus tell a difference between encrypting your backups vs a malicious actor doing the same using an open script? What is stranger is that how would any linux user execute a script without reading it first...
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@douggodsoe Hahah I hear you brother. I drunk typed myself into trouble way too many times.
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@AlfredOmega-w1o If a bash script containing regular script that merely encrypts files would trigger an AV, millions of system admins would be in major trouble right now :) There is nothing malicious in the things the script does in principle, only this time the script maker uses the mundane functions using his own key which is not known to the victim.
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@AlfredOmega-w1o Well be my guest and enlighten me then. I know I wouldn't be very happy if my backup scripts would be flagged by AV for sure lol.
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@AlfredOmega-w1o Still waiting for your demonstration on how the AV catches a regular bash script...
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@KatGaea what function would the key pair have in that?
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