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Several Mac users are complaining about getting locked out of their computers for a bitcoin ransom.

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Sécurité : Fortinet publie l’analyse d’un ransomware destiné à viser les utilisateurs de macOS. Mais si celui-ci se distingue par un fonctionnement de type as-a-service, il ne présente pas la même sophistication que ses semblables.

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A newly discovered ransomware family calling itself Patcher is targeting macOS users, but according to security researchers from ESET, who discovered the ransomware last week, Patcher bungles the encryption process and leaves affected users with no way of recovering their files.

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Erstmals greift ein Erpresser-Trojaner Mac-User an. Die Ransomware KeRanger hat sich über eine infizierte Version der Torrentsoftware Transmission verbreitet.

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Ein Erpressungs-Trojaner verschlüsselt erstmals auch Daten von Mac-Nutzern. Der Schädling versteckt sich im BitTorrent-Client Transmission. Apple und die Entwickler haben bereits reagiert.

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Sadly it seems clear that ransomware has well and truly arrived for OS X.

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Apple Inc. has a reputation for building secure devices, but don’t become too complacent because ransomware threats to Mac users are on the rise.

While ransomware attacks against Microsoft Windows-based computers and servers remain far more prevalent, security researchers have detected new Mac threats in recent years and expect to see new threats in the future.

Protect your Mac from ransomware
Mac users are clearly not free from the threat of ransomware. While not at epidemic proportions, ransomware attacks against Macs have seen widespread success by breaking into systems that were assumed secure. Fortunately, users today have access to a variety of backup options. You can add an extra layer of protection to your Mac computer by stepping beyond the Apple ecosystem of TimeMachine nearline backups and iCloud synchronization and embracing a third-party cloud backup solution.

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MACBOOK USERS are increasingly being targeted by malware and backdoors, according to Malwarebytes' analysis of cyber crime and malware in the first quarter of 2017.

Chief among this surge in macOS threats is the FindZip Mac ransomware, for which even the developers don't have a decryption key, leaving users high and dry after ransom has been paid. 

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The latest example of Mac ransomware, OSX/Filecoder.E, has been discovered by ESET after it was distributed via BitTorrent distribution sites

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Des chercheurs en sécurité ont découvert ce qu’ils pensent être la toute première attaque par ransomware ou rançongiciel ciblant les utilisateurs de Mac d’Apple. Cette menace est actuellement active sur Internet et se diffuse via un logiciel de téléchargement de fichiers Torrent.

Cette attaque a été détectée en toute fin de semaine dernière par des chercheurs de Palo Alto Networks. Ces derniers ont donc identifié un ransomware, "KeRanger", dissimulé au sein d’un client BitTorrent populaire sous OS X, Transmission.

400 dollars pour récupérer ses fichiers 

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Rogue copy of BitTorrent client results in KeRanger install, which demands 1 bitcoin.

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Users of BitTorrent client app Transmission became the first reported victims of Mac ransomware this week. People who downloaded infected versions of the app also received "KeRanger" malware, 9to5Mac says, nefarious software that would encrypt a user's hard drive three days after being installed and demand payment to unlock the data.

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