Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
On 2021 Jul 10, gtr wrote
(in article <scct5v$160$1@dont-email.me>):
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a
well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Yes. Starting with the fake FBI ‘virus’, there were a number of ransomeware-like attacks. Most/all of them required that the user download a trojan of some kind. It might have been a ‘click here’ item on an email, it might have been a fake installer (fake Adobe Flash and Reader installers were particularly popular), it might have been something else. It’d freeze your system unless you paid up, or encrypt everything, or both.
The number of attacks, and the number of different attack malware, was far less than the attacks on Windows.
On 2021-07-10 23:28:59 +0000, Wolffan said:
On 2021 Jul 10, gtr wrote
(in article <scct5v$160$1@dont-email.me>):
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a
well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Yes. Starting with the fake FBI 'virus', there were a number of
ransomeware-like attacks. Most/all of them required that the user download a >> trojan of some kind. It might have been a 'click here' item on an email,
it might have been a fake installer (fake Adobe Flash and Reader installers >> were particularly popular), it might have been something else. It'd freeze >> your system unless you paid up, or encrypt everything, or both.
The number of attacks, and the number of different attack malware, was far >> less than the attacks on Windows.
Were any of the "ransomware-like attacks" actual ransomware where one
had to pay a ransome to restore their system? If so what was it named
and when did it happen? Did Apple come with a way to deal with it?
I know that Adobe scams were popular malware vessels, but I never heard
of one cited as *ransomeware*, the main point of my question.
On 10 Jul 2021 at 20:41:52 BST, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a
well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Well that's a good question. And I have to wonder why all these companies continue to use such compromisable infrastructure. What software systems are so important that they have to? What is Kaseya and the like providing that these folk can’t do without? Are these apparently indispensible systems only
available if you're a Windows user?
On 2021-07-10 23:28:59 +0000, Wolffan said:
On 2021 Jul 10, gtr wrote
(in article <scct5v$160$1@dont-email.me>):
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Yes. Starting with the fake FBI ‘virus’, there were a number of ransomeware-like attacks. Most/all of them required that the user download a
trojan of some kind. It might have been a ‘click here’ item on an email,
it might have been a fake installer (fake Adobe Flash and Reader installers were particularly popular), it might have been something else. It’d freeze
your system unless you paid up, or encrypt everything, or both.
The number of attacks, and the number of different attack malware, was far less than the attacks on Windows.
Were any of the "ransomware-like attacks" actual ransomware where one
had to pay a ransome to restore their system? If so what was it named
and when did it happen? Did Apple come with a way to deal with it?
I know that Adobe scams were popular malware vessels, but I never heard
of one cited as *ransomeware*, the main point of my question.
On 2021-07-10 23:28:59 +0000, Wolffan said:
On 2021 Jul 10, gtr wrote
(in article <scct5v$160$1@dont-email.me>):
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a
well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
Yes. Starting with the fake FBI ‘virus’, there were a number of
ransomeware-like attacks. Most/all of them required that the user download a >> trojan of some kind. It might have been a ‘click here’ item on an email, >> it might have been a fake installer (fake Adobe Flash and Reader installers >> were particularly popular), it might have been something else. It’d freeze >> your system unless you paid up, or encrypt everything, or both.
The number of attacks, and the number of different attack malware, was far >> less than the attacks on Windows.
Were any of the "ransomware-like attacks" actual ransomware where one
had to pay a ransome to restore their system? If so what was it named
and when did it happen? Did Apple come with a way to deal with it?
I know that Adobe scams were popular malware vessels, but I never heard
of one cited as *ransomeware*, the main point of my question.
Despite numerous media scare stories (almost all supplied by the anti-malware makers "discovering a new threat") and know-nothing
anti-Apple trolls, there isn't really any actual real world proof of
malware on macOS affecting anyone.
If you're stupid enough to download
and install pirated software or visit porn websites, then you might get
some malware, but even that is unlikely.
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful
ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
On 2021-07-10 15:41, gtr wrote:
Whether the result of a computer virus or malware affixed to a well-intentioned software/update, have their been any successful ransomeware attacks on a Apple computer?
If companies had proper IT infrastructure, training for staff, data
backups separate from applications backups; separate again for OS.
Thence a disaster recovery plan. (this is the key).
There would be no ransomware attacks. Companies would simply wipe their drives (or replace them), re-install and re-start. Hours to a day or 2 depending on the size of the co. to get critical functions up and running.
But it would appear that it's cheaper to negotiate down the ransom
amount (Colonial) over a few days and then paying off to get things
going again than to practice comprehensive IT security...
BTW: financial companies (big) have some of the best IT out there. They invest heavily in the ability to be up and running quickly after any
sort of disaster imaginable. This is not cheap at all as it involves mirroring in near real time. That's not for every co.
A company doesn't need that level of recovery, but they need far better
than what the null brains at Colonial had.
When a co. is in a strategic national economic position such as
Colonial, there should be standards for recovery.
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