The response, for the longest time, from a lot of MacOS users was that "Macs can't get viruses." No thanks, in large part, due to Apple's own advertising. This

The response, for the longest time, from a lot of MacOS users was that "Macs can't get viruses." No thanks, in large part, due to Apple's own advertising. This led to decades of bad online practices on the part of Mac users, thinking that by virtue of using an Apple computer, they were immune to such attacks they deemed exclusive to 'viruses.' Malware was for someone else, they'd argue. Because they don't get viruses, they were fine. As a result, one of the largest botnets for a time was a MacOS one. Flashback. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_(Trojan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_(Trojan) The headline isn't needlessly dramatic. It's dramatic enough to prove a point. Bad habits and lack of safe file handling is the most guaranteed way one opens themselves up to attack vectors such as the one demonstrated in the article.