Mac Users Under the Gun

I posted this quite sometime ago. Nevertheless, here's an article about it..

Reports in recent weeks of nasty viruses and hack attempts on the Macintosh operating system have led security researchers to remind everyone that both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows have roughly the same vulnerabilities. The only difference has been that hackers prefer to go after Windows, which runs on roughly 90 percent of all computers, rather than waste time on the Macintosh, which has a market share of about 3.5 percent.

However, even with the protection of being in the minority, the Mac enthusiast's days of security superiority -- and, some might say, smug satisfaction -- could be waning. Once thought invulnerable by many in its core user base, the Mac might finally be "worthy" of targeting by hackers who once considered it small potatoes.

If that's true, then Apple's legion of defenders, whose devotion to the company can border on evangelical zeal, will have to change more than their perspective.

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