Microsoft: Macs 'Not Safe From Malware, Attacks Will Increase'

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft researchers have analyzed a new piece of Mac malware that uses a multi-stage attack similar to typical Windows malware infection routines. In a post titled 'An interesting case of Mac OSX malware' the Microsoft Malware Protection Center closed with this statement: 'In conclusion, we can see that Mac OSX is not safe from malware. Statistically speaking, as this operating system gains in consumer usage, attacks on the platform will increase. Exploiting Mac OSX is not much different from other operating systems. Even though Mac OSX has introduced many mitigation technologies to reduce risk, your protection against security vulnerabilities has a direct correlation with updating installed applications.'"

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Re:"Get the Facts"

[Kotakee]

Most of this has been known by, well, knowledgeable users by a long time. Most of the malware now comes via third party software or stupid users. It really doesn't matter what platform you use, as hackers will find a way around to get the best bang.

All three largest OS - Windows, OS X and Linux - are pretty much equivalent now. In fact, OS X is probably less so than Windows or Linux (and I use mac!).

In before all the stupid replies that Linux cannot be hacked. :)