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

  • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    When did Apple brag about that? All I can think of is a brief ad campaign where the “PC Guy” had a cold. That’s hardly a claim that Macs have perfect security.

    Apple has, in fact, gone on the record as saying they don’t think the Mac is secure enough, and that’s why iOS is locked down as tight as it is.

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      I don’t recall if Apple themselves actually advertised for that, but it was definitely one of the commonly cited “data points” online when you were looking to buy a computer back in the late 00’s / early 10’s. Back then, I recall people also thought these fancy new-fangled devices called “smartphones” also couldn’t get viruses, regardless of OS, for the same reasons cited by OP