Swift-based ransomware targets macOS pirates with false decryption promise

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: February 22, 2017 at 4:04:26 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann () 
> csl sri com>
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>, Sam Baker <j.samuel.baker () gmail com>
> Subject: Swift-based ransomware targets macOS pirates with false decryption promise
>
> New ransomware for the Mac has been discovered by security researchers, with the "poorly coded" malware created in 
> Swift encrypting the user's files and demanding a payment, without any possibility of decrypting the files even if 
> the ransom is paid...
>
> http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/22/swift-based-ransomware-targets-macos-pirates-with-false-decryption-promise
>
> -- 
> Geoff.Goodfellow () iconia com
> living as The Truth is True
> http://geoff.livejournal.com  



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