Monday, March 7, 2016

Ransomware finally comes to Mac OS X


Mac users have been exposed to the first known instance of ransomware for the OS X platform.


Those who downloaded infected versions of the Transmission BitTorrent discovered that they had also been given KeyRanger, a piece of malware that encrypts the user’s hard drive after three days.


Users are then asked for payment to decrypt the disc, or in other words, they have to pay a ransom to release their Mac.


Ransomware is commonly distributed on Windows-based systems, but this is the first recorded…



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Ransomware finally comes to Mac OS X

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