Ars Technica:
A security research firm announced Sunday its discovery of what is believed to be the world’s first ransomware that specifically goes after OS X machines.
“This is the first one in the wild that is definitely functional, encrypts your files and seeks a ransom,” Ryan Olson, of Palo Alto Networks, told Reuters.
The KeRanger malware, which imposes a 72-hour lockout window unless the victim pays 1 bitcoin ($410 as of this writing), appears to have been first discovered via a rogue version of Transmission, a popular BitTorrent client.
If you have version 2.90 of Transmission, upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.
after upgrading, you might also want to remove the actual ransomware..
just had the same thought. oh, shawn…
edit: updating to version 2.92 will now remove the malware as well:
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/14712
Yup. The release notes in v2.92 made that clear. That’s why I didn’t mention it in the article. Also, because the article itself mentioned it. 🙂
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