[MacTUG] FYI: New OS X ransomware, which can't actually be recovered from.

[Glenn Anderson]

It appears that there is a new OS ransomware out that was poorly written in that it doesn’t actually send the encryption key back to the author and as a result even if one pays the ransom it is impossible to recover because the key was lost.

Here are a couple of articles on it.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/the-latest-macos-ransomware-is-here-and-it-s-hiding-in-plain-sight
http://virusguides.com/torrents-distribute-new-mac-ransomware-encrypted-files-cannot-recovered/


Glenn Anderson
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