Many Mac users think they are immune to the virus. But KeRanger, which began to spread last Friday, showing that it is a false security. The hackers used the service transmission, a popular file sharing client, as a back door to spread malicious code, known as ransomware.
– In addition to do it properly so it encrypts your files in the background. If you then want encryption key so you get to pay a bitcoin for it, says Jakob Schlyter, security expert at Kire, which says it is the first case of ransomware that is spread among Mac users in a big way.
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A Bitcoin equivalent to currently almost 3500 crowns. There is a lot of money but if all your photos and important documents are locked, it is perhaps something that many are willing to pay.
– Enough with the few thousand who go on it so it will be a lot of money, says Jakob Schyter.
The transmission is a popular software according to Jakob Schlyter has a good reputation. Nevertheless it has been hacked by outsiders to push computer users out of money. Both Apple and Transmission has released updates that will make it impossible to attack – for this time.
Jakob Schlyter advises to always be sure to backup your files so you can read them back to your computer if you become vulnerable to a cryptographic attack.
But the next attack from KeRanger maybe your backup files are useless. According to security analyst from Palo Alto Network’s code under development and have already begun trying to encrypt your backup files using Time Machine.
Ransomware is a type of malware that is increasing the most. In October subjected porn pages Youporn and Pornhub for malicious code hidden in the ads on the sides and called for those who were inside and surfed them money to unlock the computer.
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