Tag: Transmission

Former NSA security expert builds ransomware blocker for Mac

Thursday, April 21, 2016 11:31 am7 Comments

A former NSA security expert has built a free, generic ransomware blocker for Mac…

Hacker promises to kill Apple Mac ransomware before it becomes a nightmare

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:10 amWednesday, April 20, 20161 Comment

Ransomware has become the scourge of the web in recent months…

Good news and bad news as ransomware comes to the Mac

Thursday, March 17, 2016 8:58 amThursday, March 17, 20161 Comment

New research suggests that a strain of ransomware which affected Mac computers this month may have been less threatening…

Mac ransomware attack casts light on a booming shadow industry

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 3:27 pmTuesday, March 8, 201613 Comments

The first widespread ransomware attack on Apple Inc. computers is drawing attention…

Why you should stick with the Mac App Store for safer OS X software downloads

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 2:25 pmTuesday, March 8, 201612 Comments

I didn’t think twice about installing software from outside of the Mac App Store, but…

7 steps to protect yourself from over-hyped Mac ‘ransomware’ threat

Monday, March 7, 2016 9:26 amTuesday, March 8, 201611 Comments

A new malware briefly flared this weekend but there’s only an extremely slim chance your Mac has been affected…

Mac users targeted in first known OS X ransomware scam

Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:48 pmMonday, March 7, 201626 Comments

Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers…