{"id":630255,"date":"2023-04-17T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/security-researchers-find-lockbit-ransomware-can-target-macos-devices\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:49:54","slug":"security-researchers-find-lockbit-ransomware-can-target-macos-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/security-researchers-find-lockbit-ransomware-can-target-macos-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Security researchers find LockBit ransomware can target macOS devices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most notorious ransomware gangs appears to have recently begun targeting Mac computers for the first time. In a series of tweets spotted by 9to5Mac<\/em><\/a>, a group of security researchers known as the MalwareHunterTeam<\/a> said on Saturday they recently found evidence of a Lockbit ransomware build designed to compromise macOS devices. As far as the group is aware, Saturday\u2019s announcement marks the first public notice that Lockbit\u2019s ransomware could be used against Apple computers, though it appears the gang has offered that capability since last fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“locker_Apple_M1_64”: 3e4bbd21756ae30c24ff7d6942656be024139f8180b7bddd4e5c62a9dfbd8c79
As much as I can tell, this is the first Apple’s Mac devices targeting build of LockBit ransomware sample seen…
Also is this a first for the “big name” gangs?
????@patrickwardle<\/a>
cc @cyb3rops<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SMuN3Rmodl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MalwareHunterTeam (@malwrhunterteam) April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI think this is the first time one of the major ransomware players has taken aim at Apple\u2019s OS,\u201d security analyst Brett Callow said<\/a>, pointing to the significance of the disclosure. As 9to5Mac<\/em> notes<\/a>, the LockBit gang has historically focused on Windows, Linux and virtual host machines. The reason being those operating systems are overwhelmingly used by the businesses the group\u2019s partners target. For those who don\u2019t know, the Lockbit gang runs what\u2019s known as a \u201cransomware-as-a-service\u201d operation<\/a>. The group doesn\u2019t directly involve itself in the business of extracting ransoms from businesses. What it does do is build and maintain the malware affiliates can pay to use against an organization. According to an indictment<\/a> the US Department of Justice unsealed last fall, LockBit is \u201cone of the most active and destructive ransomware variants in the world.” As of late 2022, the software has infected the computer systems of at least 1,000 victims, including a Holiday Inn hotel in Turkey<\/a>. It\u2019s believed the gang\u2019s partners have claimed tens of millions of dollars from victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Igor Bonifacic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the most notorious ransomware gangs appears to have recently begun targeting Mac computers for the first time. In a series of tweets spotted by 9to5Mac, a group of security researchers known as the MalwareHunterTeam said on Saturday they recently found evidence of a Lockbit ransomware build designed to compromise macOS devices. As far<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5016,20,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-researchers","8":"category-security","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}