Description
KeRanger was the first functioning ransomware observed in the wild for macOS, discovered in 2016 distributed through a trojanized installer for the Transmission BitTorrent client. The incident showed that Mac users faced the same extortion risks as Windows users.
Stats
- First seen
- August 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| MacOS.Ransomware.KeRanger |
