ransomware is a type of malicious software that affects a computer temporarily so that only after paying the attacker or access to some of their demands, it is possible to release both the team and its information; It is no surprise to hear in Windows on that mode, what is striking is that has come to Mac OS X as well.
The security firm Palo Alto Networks is who claims to have detected and immediately reported the presence of a ransomware , referred to as KeRanger in installers Transmission, the popular BitTorrent for Mac client. Apparently, it is the first time that infection by malware of this type is recorded in applications for OS X as in 2014 Kaspersky Lab had found but just an attempt to ransomware that showed unfinished, nothing effective.
Getting back to important official files installation of version 2.90 of Transmission are those who have been infected, so we have to immediately upgrade to version 2.92 which is what removes the same thing for the 2.91 still not be compromised -.
the blackmail KeRanger
the attack comes three days KeRanger execution after getting encrypt documents and other files on the victim machine. The latter, to enable desist said encryption which skips to protecting Apple to act after a widely-recognized app, you must pay a bitcoin (about $ 400 at current exchange rates) to a specific address.
More information: page Transmission – Palo Alto Networks
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