07-03-2016 05:33 via indianexpress.com

Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware attack

Apple users have been targeted in a confirmed ransomware attack.
Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc told Reuters on Sunday.
Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies to get an electronic key so t
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