Users' files will be encrypted when Apple MAC is first attacked by large-scale cable software.

Users' files will be encrypted when Apple MAC is first attacked by large-scale cable software.

Not long ago, hackers attacked internal networks of hospitals and other enterprises in the United States. hackers stopped the system and demanded a ransom to resume operation. According to foreign media news, mac OS X, the Apple Computer Operating System, has also suffered a large-scale ransomware attack for the first time.

According to the US technology news website NetworkWorld, researchers at the "Paro Alto network company" in California said that Apple computer users suffered a hacker attack last weekend, the attack is a malicious ransomware named "KeRanger", which is the first large-scale ransomware attack on Apple computer users in history.

Ransomware has become a new model in cyberattacks. Hackers will encrypt some data on the target computer and ask the other party to pay the ransom (often in Bitcoin and other digital currencies). If the requirement is met, hackers will provide related passwords or private keys for data decryption.

In the past, the main target of ransomware attacks was Microsoft Windows. Security experts estimate that the amount of blackmail caused by such attacks is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Ryan Olson, Chief Security threat intelligence officer of Paro Alto networks, said the ransomware KeRanger first appeared on apple on Friday, March 4. Orson told Reuters that this was the first ransomware attack on Apple's platform, which could work properly, encrypt users' files, and then seek ransom.

A representative of Apple said Apple had taken measures against the ransomware. Here, a digital certificate from an apple developer causes ransomware to be installed on an Apple computer, which Apple has abolished. The Apple representative did not disclose more details.

Orson said that this ransomware will encrypt user files three days after entering the user's computer, and then start to ask for a ransom. This means that if Apple's measures are ineffective, some Apple computer files will be encrypted from Monday.

It is reported that the ransomware was spread through a download website named "Transmission", which provides a large number of open source software downloads, but unfortunately, some normal software carries ransomware.

Paratoo said they will use official blog posts to help Apple machine users, that is, how to check if their computers are infected with the ransomware, and how to prevent the software from encrypting their data.

 

'Transmission is a very popular download tool among Apple system users. Users can download software, videos, music, or other data. The backend of this tool uses a personal-to-Personal Data Sharing Network (BitTorrent.

The Transmission platform did not comment on how the platform caused ransomware to spread everywhere.

On Sunday, local time, Transmission issued a warning that the MAC platform's Transmission 2.90 client version was also infected by ransomware. It is recommended that users quickly upgrade to the new version 2.91. The new version has deleted malicious code and provided external download.

The Platform also provides some help information to determine if Apple computer users' cards are infected with malware.

In May February, a hacker attacked the network system and demanded a ransom. The Los Angeles Hollywood elders medical center system was controlled by hackers. Then the hospital reluctantly paid a ransom of $17 thousand to the hackers and switched back to the normal operation of the system.

According to security reports from Symantec and Intel, the number of blackmail attacks is growing rapidly, and users are also expected to guard against such attacks in 2016.