Mac Malware Reaches New Highs Report Finds
“It’s really trivial to infect a Mac these days,” said Thomas Reed, Malwarebytes’ director of Mac and mobile research. “The only difference is that for historic reasons, there’s so much more malware on Windows. That may not always be the case.” Reed said that Apple makes it too easy to digitally “sign” malware to get past macOS’ Gatekeeper software, and that XProtect, the antivirus software built into Macs, is too weak to stop serious malware....