Apple Mac malware detections overtake Windows for the first time


Cyber threats aimed at Macs have outpaced those targeted at Windows PCs for the first time, signalling that Apple’s computers are not as secure as they once might have been.

For some time, it was a commonly held belief that Apple Mac computers, such as the iMac, were pretty much immune to malware.

This was largely due to the proliferation of Windows machines over Mac computers, and how macOS was previously built on a bespoke secure version of Unix with a locked-down ecosystem.

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Source: ITPro