'Stealers' Are an Increasingly Common Mac Malware

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I've used every sort of monetary transactions on Windows ever since internet banking became a thing. Only had a virus infestation once way, way back. Knew exactly how I got it, too.

"Mac is inherently more secure than Windows' hasn't been the case at least since MS started including Defender as part of OS. They neglected OS security for years and had a well deserved bad reputation, but they did catch up, a while ago.

In the meantime, Mac benefitted from less exposure, and the average user being less likely to download pirated games from questionable sites.

Still, Mac AppStore has been known to host malware infected apps.

Well, it seems the criminals are finally pivoting towards Mac platform in force. Was bound to happen, eventually.

Apple will also catch up... eventually. Until then, expect it to get bad.

Windows Defender is still less than useless and so easy to defeat that even I smacked it about.
Yes more malware is available for Mac now but still far less than Mac by an order of magnitude.

The amount of malware infected apps on Mac App Store is rare and pales into oblivion compared to Windows and the mess their security is.
I sued too use Windows all the time but got fed up of the hot mess it is and the fact MS seem to only care about money so will let anyone hack you if the cash is good enough.

 

[shplock]

I only do financial on Windows because Excel on any other platforms can't cut it for my needs.

You can spreadsheet in columns.
You can spreadsheet in rows.
The more you spreadsheet,
The faster it grows.🤓

If you're want to take web safety to the next level paranoia, you can browse the web in a virtual machine. This is what I do. I have a Linux VM I use for browsing since Linux is less susceptible to malware. And if I do infected, it is contained in the VM sandbox. And I can delete and replace it with a backup VM in no time.👍🤗

I use Apple Numbers as it is more than good enough for my needs plus Linux has been hacked easily so no longer worth using.
I prefer to still use MacOS but I altered it so make it virtually impossible for the hackers to get near my machine and if they manage it they deserve a round of applause, each to their own though.

 

[green_diyos]

It'd make more sense to go with Windows or Linux then? You are pushing people away from Macs, like that.
My Early 2008 MacBook was able to run Leopard - Lion only. Mountain Lion was unsupported, yet it ran Windows XP - Windows 10 (which is still supported) out of the box with no issues.

Most Mac users are non-nerds and as such they'll replace when it falls apart or the thing's too old and they have extra money to spend on.

That Macbook's turning 17yo later this year. It should be exported to a poor nation so someone with <$100 of savings can use it.

Install Windows & Linux on a Mac are the domain of nerds.

Microsoft ended support for

- Windows XP on April 8, 2014
- Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 & isn't officially supported by Boot Camp for 2008 Macbook