So says Malwarebytes, anyway
Software nasties targeted at MacOS are on the increase faster than ones for Windows, according to antivirus biz Malwarebytes.
Malicious software targeting users of Apple Macs has leapt over the last year, the security outfit said in its latest State of Malware report.
Describing this as an "exponential" increase, the firm said that detections of nasties targeted against innocent Apple fanbois were up 400 per cent year-on-year, while adding the caveat that its Mac userbase had also grown a bit.
In its report the company said: "In 2019, we detected an average of 11 threats per Mac endpoint — nearly double the average of 5.8 threats per endpoint on Windows." This should be read in light of Malwarebytes having a relatively smaller number of Mac users than Windows users.
Malwarebytes' Thomas Reed, director of Mac and mobile, told The Register: "Th ..
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