NotLockBit: Ransomware Discovery Serves As Wake-Up Call For Mac Users

Historically, Mac users haven’t had to worry about malware as much as their Windows-using cousins. Although malware targeting Apple devices actually predates viruses written for PCs, and there have been some families of malware that have presented a significant threat for both operating systems (for instance, the Word macro viruses that hit computers hard from 1995 onwards), it is generally the case that you’re simply a lot less likely to encounter malware on your Mac than you are on your Windows PC. But that doesn’t mean that Mac users should be complacent. And the recent discovery of a new…

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Source:TripWire – Graham Cluley