Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks last week announced that they had found the first ransomware in the wild aimed at Macintosh computers, but Apple and one of its developers quickly neutered it. The ransomware was embedded in software for installing an OS X app for sharing files on BitTorrent. The malware, which Palo Alto Networks called “KeRanger,” contained a valid Mac application developer certificate stolen from a legitimate developer, so it was able to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper protection.
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Ransomware Plague Spreads to Macs
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 8, 2016 12:26 PMSecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks last week announced that they had found the first ransomware in the wild aimed at Macintosh computers, but Apple and one of its developers quickly neutered it. The ransomware was embedded in software for installing an OS X app for sharing files on BitTorrent. The malware, which Palo Alto Networks called “KeRanger,” contained a valid Mac application developer certificate stolen from a legitimate developer, so it was able to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper protection.