New MacDefender Defeats Apple Security Update

XxtraLarGe writes "Apple released a security update yesterday designed to rid Macs of the menacing MacDefender malware that has plagued users for nearly a month. But mere hours after the update, cyber-criminals released a new variant of the malware that easily defeated Apple's belated security efforts. That didn't take long."

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And for years Mac Users have been telling me lies

[gubers33]

I always found it amusing that Mac Users consistently told how secure their Macs were and how they couldn't get viruses or malware. I found it amusing since I thought Mac OSs has had security holes in them for years, but no one had an interest attacking a small user base. It seems as though those users and Apple are starting to eat their words since when Linux and Windows release patches for security they aren't defeated an hour later. Apple however should have seen this coming with their growing user numbers.

Re:Any first hand experience?

[MightyMartian]

Translation: I'm a Mac user, so my head is firmly planted up my ass, and there it will remain, so I don't have to see my precious platform for what it is; as vulnerable as any other.