Intego Releases Report on Mac, IPhone Security for 2009
Security firm Intego has added to the bevy of year-in-review pieces for 2009 with a comprehensive report on Mac and iPhone security of the past year. While this may seem more than a little self-serving for the authors of VirusBarrier, the report is fair, comprehensive and hyperbole-free.
When it comes to Mac malware, there are only known two Trojan horses in the wild, which were respectively found via pornographic video websites and pirated software shared on Bit Torrent. There was also one non-functional proof-of-concept malware that only targeted the RealBasic runtime and a game that deletes files randomly, completely with the user's consent.
OS X itself fared pretty well when it came to operating system level exploits, with the report outright stating that "Mac OS X, while more secure than Windows, contains its share of flaws, and Apple has to constantly keep on its toes to issue several dozen security updates each year."
