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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 --- 46 days ago http://feeds.macuser.com/~r/macuser/~3/343727733/hack_says_hackers_are_attackin.
 You know, I was just thinking that it’s been a while since we had a good Mac security article, and Bernhard Warner at the Times Online was nice enough to oblige. In a piece that they’ve no doubt been keeping in cold storage to throw out after yet another record quarter of Mac sales, the Times isn’t mincing words with its headline: “ Hackers start to target Apple Macs .” Where by “mincing words” I mean “describing a factual event.” A big factor in Apple’s success in selling 2.5 million computers last quarter is growing user disaffection with Windows. Everything from recurring Vista headaches to security fears are driving Windows users into the Mac camp. Ironically, the resulting Mac sales are coinciding with – and causing – a new upsurge in malware written specifically for Apple users. Really? Is “upsurge” the collective noun for malware? Like “pride of lions” or “parliament of rooks”? Come to think of it, how many do you need for an “upsurge”? More than two? I’m not sure this qualifies… The company reports today that two new Mac-ware Trojans that emerged in February and June ought to shake Mac users of their misconceptions that their computers (and, eventually, iPods and iPhones) are impenetrable. To put this in perspective, the first really pernicious piece of Mac malware emerged only in October, 2007, Mr Cluley adds, suggesting that a worrisome trend is about to get worse. Okay, I suppose three data points do technically make a ... |
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