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.'"

Re:Not really surprising

[drerwk]

Until MS ports Office to Linux, Linux is safe from this particular vulnerability.

Re:People have been saying this for a long time.

[flyingfsck]

OK, so compare viruses on servers then. Linux clearly runs the vast majority of servers compared to Microsoft. So how does Windows Server stack up security wise? The difference is in the design.

Re:"Get the Facts"

[jellomizer]

It comes down to the more popular your OS is, the more problems you will get with security.

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