#Ransomware on mac os x software#

The author, Chad Rikansrud, detailed several steps for infecting a mainframe with ransomware. The other resource was a PowerPoint demonstration given at Share 2017, a conference for end users of the IBM z/OS mainframe.

#Ransomware on mac os x software#

Some of the hacking software was published on GitHub, an open documentation website which has lately become a repository for hacking software. The hack was well documented in the article, and Overby described the use of job control language (JCL), phishing, and a keylogger in the attack. The first is an article by Ray Overby, a mainframe security specialist, about a hack on Nordea (2012), a Swedish Bank. However, two frightening resources have come to light. The next step will involve downloading the public key for encryption the final step will be running a batch job that will use that public key to encrypt data.

First you must obtain or create a privileged account.

Infecting a mainframe with ransomware is a difficult operation, requiring a multi-step process. Most of these articles are just rhetoric and are generally not written by experts. Ransomware has been in the news lately, no doubt because of the Colonial Pipeline (June 2021) and Atlanta City (March 2018) hackings these events spawned a whole series of articles about the potential for ransomware to infect mainframes.