‘KeRanger’ is the first ‘ramsonware’ get infect Apple computers. Through this type of viruses, hackers are hundreds of millions every year
The owners of Mac, Apple computers, have reason to be concerned: first, its appliances were targeted a campaign software malicious known as ramsonware , ie a virus “hijacks” and encrypts the files stored on the computer, and the owner must pay a ransom for the recover an amount to be determined by the hacker.
the information was released by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, a US computer security company. According to the The Guardian , security experts estimate that hackers able to take ownership of hundreds of millions of euros every year due to this type of virus, which is a the threats that most growth recorded in terms of hacking.
Typically, the ransomware attack Microsoft computers with the Windows operating system, but was first detected in ‘Macs ‘Apple. “This is the first that is definitely functional, encrypts files and asks a ransom,” he told Reuters Ryan Olson, head of Palo Alto Networks, cited by Guardian .
a spokesman for Apple ensured that during the weekend, the company has acted against the virus, which appeared on March 4 and was called ‘KeRanger’: a wave of attacks have been prevented by revocation of the license of a digital certificate from an authorized developer of Apple itself, which was able to install the software malicious in computers.
This virus is programmed to encrypt the computer files infected three days after to penetrate the system, said Olson. This means that if, during the weekend, the action of Apple to neutralize the threat has been insufficient, the first “redemption requests” should reach the owners of the computers on Monday, March 7.
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