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McAfee: Big Spike In Mac OS Malware In 2016, Mostly From Adware Bundling (fortune.com)
An anonymous reader quotes Fortune:
Security firm McAfee released a report this week that showed a big jump in 2016 regarding malware hitting the Mac operating system. The McAfee report said there were 460,000 malware instances affecting the Mac OS in the fourth quarter of 2016, an over 700% jump from the previous year during the same quarter.
McAfee's new report confirms similar research by other cybersecurity firms in recent years that show an increased prevalence of malware affecting Apple computers. Essentially, as more people buy Apple computers, there are more possibilities for malware to infect the machines. But while an over 700% surge in malware may sound frightening, it should be noted that "the big increase in Mac OS malware was due to adware bundling," the report's authors wrote.
McAfee's new report confirms similar research by other cybersecurity firms in recent years that show an increased prevalence of malware affecting Apple computers. Essentially, as more people buy Apple computers, there are more possibilities for malware to infect the machines. But while an over 700% surge in malware may sound frightening, it should be noted that "the big increase in Mac OS malware was due to adware bundling," the report's authors wrote.
Bounding? Binding? Bonding? Banding? Bunging? Funding? (let me know if i'm missing anything) For fuck's sake, it's not a high crime to edit typos in article summaries or the fucking title.
There is no XUL, only WebExtensions...
I know I'm not the only one that gets pissed off by sites that decide to autoplay a video when you visit a page. Do not link to fortune.com or any other site with autoplaying videos!
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
I agree with your assessment of the paper. It's amazing to see that the Mac is targeted by a total of 450.000 malware, while there's a total of a wopping 625 million targeting all platforms. That's less than 0.1% of all malware targeting the Mac. Yes.. let's talk about how infested the Mac is one more time.. Any decade now the threat will become meaningful.
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