Mac encryptor, here we come with Lockbit having a hand at first dibs

Hello folks,

Last night, I read an article through Databreaches.net titled LockBit ransomware gang appears to be targeting Macs for the first time which was quite interesting.

While this may be a start, this may be something Mac users may need to watch. This bleeping computer article that was boosted through Brian Krebs that I recently read goes in to a lot more detail than databreaches. I appreciate databreaches and what they’re doing, maybe we can find out about things that others don’t cover.

With that said, this article is titled LockBit ransomware encryptors found targeting Mac devices and was just as interesting.

This is going to be one that if it is in early development now, I’d hate to see what it could really do.

The thing is, at the bottom of the article, the public facing person working for lock bit did say that this was in active development.

Several Windows files and extensions are excluded from being encrypted just like in the Windows and other versions that are out there.

You are welcome to read both of these articles and decide how you want to proceed. This is going to be big if it ends up being powerful and destructive.

Thank you Malware Hunter Team for finding this, and for Virus Total for doing what you should be doing, letting research like this take place.

Maybe Kuwait needs to learn from articles like these.

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If they learn that research like this and allowing people to talk about Cybersecurity is a good thing, they’ll change their mind on going after others who are trying to do the right thing.

Let us know what you think of these developments. This is still developing, and nothing is out to be a problem with the public as of yet. It may still be a prototype for now, but I suggest it’ll change and change soon.

Here is the boost from Brian Krebs if you’d like to see it.

BrianKrebs: Boosting Brett Callow (brett): Update 4/16/23: In response to questions from BleepingComputer, the public-facing representative of #LockBit, known as LockBitSupp, said that the Mac encryptor is “actively being developed.” #ransomware
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-encryptors-found-targeting-mac-devices/

The link is above, where i link to the article so I won’t link here.

Thanks for reading and make it a great day!