Apple Users Targeted In First Known Mac Ransomware Campaign
Source: Reuters
Apple Users Targeted In First Known Mac Ransomware Campaign
by Reuters MARCH 6, 2016, 1:45 PM EST
The malicious file first appeared on the Transmission BitTorrent site.
Apple Inc. customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc told Reuters on Sunday.
Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies to get an electronic key so they can retrieve their data.
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Palo Alto Threat Intelligence Director Ryan Olson said the KeRanger malware, which appeared on Friday, was the first functioning ransomware attacking Apples Mac computers.
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