Security software companies must be smiling ear to ear as
they read the news briefs coming off the transom. Microsoft said today that an
undetermined number of computers in its
Mac software business unit got infected with malware. The company said
the number of infected PCs was small but that there was no indication customer
data had been compromised.
Welcome to the new
normal. The escalating number of reported attacks was underscored by a recent
report on malware put together by McAfee which reported that the number of Trojans
created to steal passwords rose about 72 percent in the last quarter.
Last week Apple said
that an unknown number of Macs had been compromised, but that "there was
no evidence any data left Apple." The malware was tied back to a site
targeting iPhone developers. Employee computers for Facebook and most likely
dozens of other companies were also breached.
The incidents occurred roughly around the same time that The
New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post disclosed that
outsiders had also targeted their employees' computers.
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