Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
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Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#2It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#3From what I've read it only seems to affect people that downloaded Transmission via the website and not those who used the in app updater. [1]
I've updated to 2.90 the day it came out and don't seem to have the process running.
[1] http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/06/mac-ransomware-transmiss...
Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#4It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
Is that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#5It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
Is that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
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Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#6It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
Is that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
Hardly anyone uses the Mac App Store. The iPhone App Store is orders of magnitude more successful. From a developers perspective it's all but impossible to turn a reasonable profit. Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/07/redacted-mac-app-profits...
Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
Hardly anyone uses the Mac App Store. The iPhone App Store is orders of magnitude more successful. From a developers perspective it's all but impossible to turn a reasonable profit. Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/07/redacted-mac-app-profits...
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Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that true? Or is it that the Mac App Store makes this sort of thing very difficult? Say what you want about walled gardens, but for the vast majority of users it does have value.
Hardly anyone uses the Mac App Store. The iPhone App Store is orders of magnitude more successful. From a developers perspective it's all but impossible to turn a reasonable profit. Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/07/redacted-mac-app-profits...
Interesting article. What makes me laugh is that people thought $12,000 was a reasonable daily profit for an app that draws black boxes on a photo.
Re: Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
#10It's actually kind of surprising this is the first occurrence of ransomware on Apple's platform. It seems Macs are still, at least to some degree, protected by security through obscurity.
It's less "security through obscurity" than it is "security through not being worth attacking". If that's changed, it's only changed recently.