An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 27, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- March 25, 2024
- March 24, 2024
- March 23, 2024
- March 22, 2024
- March 21, 2024
Some of Our Sources
- Mashable
- Joshua Blankenship
- Pearsonified
- TutsPlus - Design
- FanExtra - PSD
- Reencoded
- Line 25
- 24 Ways
- Dev To
- Hashedout
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
November 10, 2015 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pQVlkJzIU6E/proof-of-concept-ransomware-affects-macs
Proof-of-Concept Ransomware Affects Macs
sarahnaomi writes: Ransomware, the devilish family of malware that locks down a victim's files until he or she coughs up a hefty bounty, may soon be coming to Mac. Last week, a Brazilian security researcher produced a proof-of-concept for what appears to be the first ransomware to target Mac operating systems (Mac OS X). On Monday, cybersecurity company Symantec verified the researcher's findings. "Mabouia is the first case of file-based crypto ransomware for OS X, albeit a proof-of-concept," Symantec wrote in a blog post. "It's simple code, I did it in two days," [said] the creator of the malware.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pQVlkJzIU6E/proof-of-concept-ransomware-affects-macs
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot