FBI ransomware now targeting Apple’s Mac OS X users

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FBI ransomware now targeting Apple’s Mac OS X users
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Link http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/07/fbi-ransomware-now-targeting-apples-mac-os-x-users/ (Archive copy)
Author Jérôme Segura
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Abstract

Cyber-criminals, well known for not re-inventing the wheel, have ‘ported’ the latest ransomware Trojan to OS X, not by using some complicated exploit but rather leveraging the browser and its ‘restore from crash’ feature.

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