FBI ransomware now targeting Apple’s Mac OS X users
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| Link | http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/07/fbi-ransomware-now-targeting-apples-mac-os-x-users/ (Archive copy) |
| Author | Jérôme Segura |
| Type | Blogpost |
Abstract
“ Cyber-criminals, well known for not re-inventing the wheel, have ‘ported’ the latest ransomware Trojan to OS X, not by using some complicated exploit but rather leveraging the browser and its ‘restore from crash’ feature.
Bibtex
@misc{Lua error: Cannot create process: proc_open(/dev/null): failed to open stream: Operation not permittedBFR1353,
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