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To: hamboy; Swordmaker
> Ransomware whatever... Did they successfully intrude in OS X yet?

YEP. Proof of concept, but verified.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/we-now-have-proof-that-macs-can-get-ransomware

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mabouia-born-first-mac-osx-ransomware-poc-rafael-salema-marques

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/proof-concept-threat-reminder-os-x-not-immune-crypto-ransomware

13 posted on 11/11/2015 6:54:15 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored
Trojan or so called ransomware need to emulate 'root' as 'superuser do'. OS X may be vulnerable being a client device but not servers.

Simple patch will eradicate the threat.

I'd not gonna buy some mcaffee nor symantec whatever in my Linux and apple devices, gimme a break.

In fact I don't even use any in my Windoze devices except for Malwarebytes that does most I need.

15 posted on 11/12/2015 5:25:21 PM PST by hamboy
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