10-10-2019, 12:50 AM
Macs can be immune, but still carriers via email or file-exchange.
Macs -- not just Mac servers -- that have file-sharing connections available to Windows machines on the same network can have their data encrypted by ransomware. One of our Mac servers had a folder encrypted by ransomware... and quickly restored via Time Machine backup.
Ryuk is often spread via spam or phishing emails. You could have it in a message in your Inbox right now.
Assuming that you WANT to get your Mac back online and get to work...
Discuss it with your IT guys if they aren't nuts at the moment. If they appear to be the slightest bit distracted, leave them alone and live with your Mac being offline.
If they're willing to spare a minute to talk, tell them that Macs are immune and offer to download an antivirus app (Sophos is fine) and an antimalware app (MalwareBytes) from a second Mac and copy it onto your work machine with the work Mac completely disconnected from the network (Ethernet and WiFi) and see if they're willing to let you power it up on those terms.
...Until they give you the word, do not put the Mac back on the network. No Ethernet. No WiFi. It doesn't matter if your Mac is immune. It matters that this is a crisis and you shouldn't make trouble for the people putting out fires.
Macs -- not just Mac servers -- that have file-sharing connections available to Windows machines on the same network can have their data encrypted by ransomware. One of our Mac servers had a folder encrypted by ransomware... and quickly restored via Time Machine backup.
Ryuk is often spread via spam or phishing emails. You could have it in a message in your Inbox right now.
Assuming that you WANT to get your Mac back online and get to work...
Discuss it with your IT guys if they aren't nuts at the moment. If they appear to be the slightest bit distracted, leave them alone and live with your Mac being offline.
If they're willing to spare a minute to talk, tell them that Macs are immune and offer to download an antivirus app (Sophos is fine) and an antimalware app (MalwareBytes) from a second Mac and copy it onto your work machine with the work Mac completely disconnected from the network (Ethernet and WiFi) and see if they're willing to let you power it up on those terms.
...Until they give you the word, do not put the Mac back on the network. No Ethernet. No WiFi. It doesn't matter if your Mac is immune. It matters that this is a crisis and you shouldn't make trouble for the people putting out fires.