Microsoft: Macs 'not Safe From Malware, Attacks Will Increase'

snoopy · May 4, 2012

Microsoft: Macs 'not safe from malware, attacks will increase'
By Emil Protalinski | May 3, 2012, 9:22pm PDT

Summary: Microsoft has discovered a new piece of Mac malware that exploits a three-year-old flaw in old versions of Office for Mac. The company recommends Mac users to keep installed software updated.

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 correllation with updating installed applications.

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More on this topic plus graph: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/microsoft-macs-not-safe-from-malware-attacks-will-increase/11875

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