Mabouia: The first MAC OS X ransomware

It is a myth that the Apple's MACs are safer and affected less by malwares. On contrary,MAC OS is equally affected by viruses and malware attacks and there are several critical vulnerabilities discovered recently. However ransomware targetting MAC OS was not previously known. Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.