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New malware strain stealing business data from Intel Macs
(appleinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Some people say there’s no malware for macOS and that’s obviously not true.
But others say macOS has malware so it’s no better than Windows in that regard, but I don’t think that’s true either.
Look at this example. It only works if it tricks users into downloading and running an unsigned executable, bypassing sometimes multiple warnings.
The thing is that Windows is still more used than osx. So naturally it's going to be targeted more. Especially since more businesses use Windows than osx too.
I've come across Linux malware in my time in cyber Sec. If it exists, it'll have malware.
So the argument is security by obscurity works?
In the phrase "security through obscurity", obscurity means obscuring how the system works, eg making the source code secret. Mac being less popular has nothing to do with security through obscurity. The argument is that a less deployed platform is a less valuable target, which is absolutely true.