San Francisco, April 17 (). The infamous ransomware gang known as LockBit has expanded its targets to include Mac devices for the first time.
In a series of tweets seen by 9to5Mac, a group of security researchers known as MalwareHunterTeam said they uncovered evidence of a new variant of the LockBit ransomware specifically designed to target macOS devices. Has gone.
It tweeted that, as near as I can tell, this is the first Mac device from Apple to be targeted by the Lockbit ransomware sample build, as well as the first for big-name gangs?
The announcement appears to be the first time LockBit’s ransomware has been publicly identified as a threat to Apple computers, as far as the group is aware.
Pointing to the significance of the disclosure, security analyst Brett Calo said, “I think this is the first time one of the major ransomware players has targeted the Apple OS fear.”
According to the report, the Lockbit gang has historically focused on Windows, Linux and virtual host machines because those operating systems are used by the businesses that the group’s partners target.
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