Ransomware has been one of the most lucrative threats for cybercriminals. With the FBI estimating financial losses were up $1 billion dollars in 2017 alone, by the end of 2018 it’s reasonable to speculate that those numbers will be significantly higher.
Although most ransomware targets systems running Windows, Mac ransomware became a reality when Brazilian researchers posted a proof-of-concept (dubbed Mabouia) in early 2015. Whether by coincidence or design, the first truly damaging ransomware sample for Macs emerged about a month later, delivered using a tampered version of a popular file-sharing application known as Transmission.
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