The scourge of ransomware has finally come to OS X! Researchers at the security firm Palo Alto Networks have announced that version 2.90 of the Transmission bittorrent client for Mac OS X has been adulterated with a new ransomware variant they have named KeRanger.
This Monday, Lawrence Abrams, the owner of BleepingComputer.com, will be on the live IT Jetpack online show discussing computer security, ransomware, and other topics related to computer techs and IT business owners. This show airs on Monday, February 1 @ 12:00 noon EST with a pre-show starting at 11:40am EST.