MacRansom is the first known instance of ransomware-as-a-service targeting OS X.
By Danny Palmer | June 12, 2017
The first instance of ransomware-as-a-service targeting Mac OS has been discovered for sale on the dark web – allowing low level cybercriminals to target Apple computers even if they have limited tech skills.
While most desktop ransomware targets Windows, simply because it is the most widely used operating system, some ransomware has also been known to target Apple systems.
But while ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) schemes offering wannabe cybercriminals a doorway into cyber-extortion – in exchange for a cut of the profits for the author – have been common for Windows since last year, they’ve not been seen to target Macs until now.
Uncovered by cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet, MacRansom is advertised on a TOR web portal and claims to be ‘the most sophisticated Mac ransomware ever’ and looks to be the first instance of RaaS targeting Mac OS.
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