Based on research across established dark web forums, threat actors are targeting macOS, with exploits trading for millions of dollars

      • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        “Does your company have macs? Mac attacks are up 1000% percent. If you don’t have the IT resources to install antivirus on all your shiny macs, you can pay us to do it for you.”

    • Yep. Seems to be a sensationalized piece that basically boils down to “Mac market share in enterprise is now more than a rounding error, so hackers might start targeting it”

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      Yeah I’m not exactly in a hurry here, but more widespread malware is still just a question of incentive. macOS isn’t invulnerable, it’s just mainly been a smaller and less easy target so it’s not gotten the same sort of attention as Windows