Mac computers manufactured by Apple for the first time were infected virus, known as an extortionist. It encrypts data and then asks for a ransom to restore them
The fact that Mac computers over the weekend for the first time were attacked by a virus known as a bleeder, reports Reuters referring to representatives of the company Palo Alto Networks Inc.
This is a virus, which is one of the fastest growing cyber threats, the agency said. Infecting a computer virus encrypts the data, and then asks the user to pay the ransom, usually digital currency to get an electronic key, with which you can recover the data.
According to experts on cyber security, the total amount of redemptions from a similar virus, which mainly infects computers running the Windows operating system from Microsoft, it reaches hundreds of millions of dollars a year. According to the director of the company Palo Alto Threat Intelligence Ryan Olson called KeRanger virus was the first of its kind that has infected Mac computers from Apple.
The blog Palo Alto explains that hackers were able to infect Mac computers through a malicious copy of the popular Transmission program. Users download the version 2.90 of the program, which appeared on Friday, and thus infected their computers. After the encryption is complete KeRanger demands ransom 1 Bitcoin (about 400 $ ).
Apple spokesman told the news agency that the company over the weekend to take action to prevent further spread of the virus, nullifying digital certificate that allowed fraudsters to install the program on your Mac . Other details of the report, he refused.
Transmission creators of the program, in turn, removed the malicious version of the program from its www.transmissionbt.com site, assuming that hackers could hack the official site and replace the version of the program to a malicious. On Sunday, the company released a version of 2.92 , which, as stated on the website, automatically removes ransomware virus from the infected Mac. The site advised Transmission program users immediately install this new version, if they suspect that their computers are infected.
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