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1. RANSOMWARE WORD FOR MAC UPDATE
2. RANSOMWARE WORD FOR MAC CODE

Like any other computer user it is incumbent on us to make sure that our systems are kept strictly up to date and that we adhere to the best security practices possible. And older versions of Windows often aren’t patched regularly and thus provide an extremely attractive target for hackers.īut even macOS can be successfully attacked, and Mac users should never become complacent about security. Windows, of course, remains one of the most widely used operating systems in the world. No operating system is totally immune from such problems. All operating systems have security vulnerabilitiesīen’s post just underscores the fact that all computer operating systems have vulnerabilities of one kind or another. One can say that we are somewhat safer than those using Windows, but that’s just reducing the question to a matter of degree. macOS users are not completely safe from ransomware attacks. The WannaCry attack itself uses an exploit developed by the NSA.Īs you can tell from Ben’s post, the answer is clearly no.

Indeed, governments are probably the biggest customer for zero-day exploits, and have the biggest teams working on discovering new ones. That was when we learned from Wikileaks that the CIA has a hacking unit devoted to iOS malware and has lost control of most of it. In case you thought I’d forgotten to include something from March, that was a doozy. In May, malware disguised as a Flash updater made its way from Windows to Mac, and a Handbrake mirror got hacked to allow a malicious version to be installed.

RANSOMWARE WORD FOR MAC UPDATE

In April, a fake macOS update allowed an attacker to spy on all Internet usage, including secure websites.

RANSOMWARE WORD FOR MAC CODE

In February, a Word macro specifically aimed at Macs allowed arbitrary code execution capable of anything from keylogging to webcam captures. In January, we saw an attack which hijacks Safari and the Apple Mail app to cause Macs to crash and a separate attack that captures screenshots from them. Most of it was adware, which is an irritation rather than a threat to data, but not all of it. McAfee said recently that Mac malware grew 744% last year. Windows may be the primary target, but Mac malware is growing – which includes ransomware. A writer at 9to5Mac recently considered the question and warned Mac users not to become complacent despite the fact that Windows is still the #1 target for ransomware attacks.įor consumers and businesses, it needs to be a reminder of the importance of keeping operating systems updated – and all data backed-up more than once.