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Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: Highmac on July 18, 2013, 03:48:51 AM

Found this link on another forum. Can't imagine too many Mac users being fooled into thinking the badly written "legal notice" is genuine, but they could find themselves trying to get out of the trap.

http://modmyi.com/content/11536-mac-os-x-u...ransomware.html

While I'm sure many of you already know this, I didn't,  so here's the info for the rest of us

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Simply holding down the Shift key while relaunching Safari will prevent it from reopening windows and tabs from the previous session. Users can also disable the reopening feature across OS X from the General pane of System Preferences.

Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: rgray on July 19, 2013, 05:59:33 AM

It is the NSA spoofing the FBI.......   ;-)

Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: sandyman on July 19, 2013, 08:16:15 AM

Nope. It's GCHQ spoofing the FBI on behalf of the NSA  

Sandy

Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: rgray on July 19, 2013, 08:40:00 AM

I'm not sure there is that much cooperation between GCHQ and NSA.........    

Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: sandyman on July 20, 2013, 04:11:03 AM

QUOTE(rgray @ Jul 19 2013, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm not sure there is that much cooperation between GCHQ and NSA.........    

There is "some" cooperation. But you have to be in the Upper Echelon to have access.  

Sandy

Title: 'FBI' ransomware targets Mac users
Post by: rgray on July 20, 2013, 06:27:28 PM

QUOTE(sandyman @ Jul 20 2013, 05:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(rgray @ Jul 19 2013, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm not sure there is that much cooperation between GCHQ and NSA.........    

There is "some" cooperation. But you have to be in the Upper Echelon to have access.  

Sandy

AH yes!  Well played!!!!