Hmmm …
I don’t know if you were aware, but, quite some time ago, news about potential security attacks on computers running the various iterations of OS X — or macOS, as it now is — hit the (Technology) headlines.
Hackers had managed to issue Mac specific malware: by sneaking spiked versions of popular utilities onto the utilities own download pages.
I, and most of the Mac users I know? Made sure we weren’t infected. And kept our eyes peeled for other similar attacks.
I think we can say they have. Between then and now, a major malware attack — aimed at Windows based PCs — took place: spread by spiked version of popular Ukrainian accounting software.
And, only a few days ago?
Another attack on Windows PCs was spread.
By attackers who spiked a version of Piriform’s popular
CCleaner utility, and sneaked it onto Piriform’s own site.
I think the worry I and others had — about more malware for Macs — seems to not have happened.
I think that hackers have nicked the idea that was used: sneaking spiked software onto the official sites, in order to spread it.
I think if spiked versions of the big bits of software —
Microsoft Office, iTunes, Adobe Acrobat, what have you — there’s going to be hell to pay.
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