Malware & Hackers Heading to Mac Land

homepage_fact_img-3.jpg News that I'd rather not think about, but have to, is the new upsurge in malware written specifically for Apple users. 

Still a drop in the bucket compared to Windows vulnerabilities, but Mac nastyware is on the rise.

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, suggesting that a worrisome trend is about to get worse. 

Read more of this sad development here at TimesOnline (UK).
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