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One point I would add is that by default, Macs have Perl, Python and Ruby (I think). So it's easy to script malware or write portable tools. I'm not suggesting
by 16s 15y ago
One point I would add is that by default, Macs have Perl, Python and Ruby (I think). So it's easy to script malware or write portable tools. I'm not suggesting that these languages are insecure or should not be installed, only that a malware designer can pretty much count on having them available to use. This may make Mac/Linux cross-platform malware easier as well.
- X-Istence 15y agoThose applications aren't launched or available from the outside. If the user runs/double clicks on something it is already game over. Social engineering attacks are never going away so long as humans are humans and want to see Anna Kournikova naked.