On Monday, Forbes cybersecurity writer Thomas Brewster reported on a flaw in macOS Big Sur that could allow hackers to bypass Apple's own antimalware features. Wardle said that some of that has to do with the historically smaller installed base of Mac systems Windows is a bigger and thus a more lucrative target. What is more correct to say is that there is a lot more malware in the world targeting Windows PCs than Macs. Technically proficient users of Apple’s computers have known this for a long time. That Macs are not immune to malware is not really news. He described Apple’s past marketing messages that “Macs don’t get malware” as being “very dishonest.” “The problem is worse than the majority of people realize,” Wardle said. Pretty bad, according to Patrick Wardle, an independent security researcher who specializes in macOS and is the author of a book called “ The Art of Mac Malware.” He also develops a line of free, open-source security tools called Objective-See.

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