"Although security vulnerabilities are discovered in Mac OS X on a monthly basis, the operating system remains a backwater for malware hackers. "We have seen an increase in bugs, but they haven't been critical," Amol Sarwate, vulnerability research manager for Qualys, a security auditing and vulnerability management company in Redwood Shores, Calif., told MacNewsWorld.
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"There aren't enough Mac OS systems being used, to be exploited publicly by viruses and worms" he added...
Though incidents are increasing, most malware targeting OS X remains one-off, proof-of-concept code. "They're things that show up once," he explained. "They serve no greater purpose other than to show that they could be done."
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"There aren't enough Mac OS systems being used, to be exploited publicly by viruses and worms" he added...
Though incidents are increasing, most malware targeting OS X remains one-off, proof-of-concept code. "They're things that show up once," he explained. "They serve no greater purpose other than to show that they could be done."
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