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Apple browsers targeted by simple JavaScript ransom scam
2013-07-17 16:06:37| InfoWorld: Top News
Ransom attackers have finally made the jump from Windows to the Mac with news of a stunningly simple hack that tries to trick browser users into paying a $300 fine using a simple JavaScript routine. The attack noticed by security firm Malwarebytes is a mixture of sleight of hand and social engineering that the firm reports that it will work against several Mac-based browsers (using an OSX interpreter) with JavaScript enabled.
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