Cybercrime expert: Mac OS vulnerability 'nothing new'

Apple's growing market sure has prompted cybercriminals and malware coders to target Mac users
Apple's growing market sure has prompted cybercriminals and malware coders to target Mac users
Audio: Apple's growing market sure has prompted cybercriminals and malware coders to target Mac users, says Aleks Gostev, Kaspersky's Chief Security Expert. The Flashback virus, also known as FlashFake, has affected a greater proportion of machines than notorious Windows viruses such as Conficker - hitting 1% of the 60 million Mac OSX users worldwide. On the other hand, iOS has proved to be incredibly resilient with zero malware tracked to date.

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