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Written by: 9/16/2010 5:56 PM
Alternate Title: Get that smug look off your face. For my first IT job, I was a DB Admin working on a Unix platform. It was back in the days when a wave of worms was going through various Windows products and causing quite a stir, back before most companies had IT Security in their budgets. But there I was, working away on my Unix box, smug in the knowledge that I was safe. Viruses and worms were being deployed to attack Windows vulnerabilities, not Unix. I imagine this is how Mac users have been feeling for a while now. They sit back and watch all the PCs hit with virus after virus, worm after worm, and feel warm and cozy and safe while the rest of us are in a panic about what to do with that email attachment that might be something cute/funny/interesting but also might bring down our company's entire international network. I'm a Mac, and I'm safe, they think. But not anymore. With the recent boom in Mac and other i-product sales, more and more malware is being targeted to OS X. It stands to reason that, as users adopt an increasing number of Apple products, it will be more lucrative for malware producers to aim in that direction. And it isn't like they'll have to start from square one. They can learn from their Windows counterparts and hit the ground running. As companies begin to incorporate a greater number of Macs into their networks, they will have new security challenges to face. While most are well versed with Windows, will they be ready to protect the Macs? Read more about it at: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4024
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