Apple is the new hacker bulls-eye

[thrasher]

Interesting article....

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- When Apple was just a niche maker of Mac computers and only truly popular among college students and graphic designers, hackers paid little attention to the company. Instead, they focused on Microsoft, which had more than a 90% share of the PC operating system market.

Those days are over. Recent iPad security scares are a sign that Apple's devices are a growing target for hackers, spammers and malicious coders.

The whole article is here:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/17/tech...rity/index.htm

[Jackwagon]

That's just friggin great. That's one of the main reasons I bought a Mac.

[Redleg]

Knew it was going to happen as the popularity grows.

[why_me]

How long have I been telling you guys that the only reason that Mac's don't get virus' is that no one gives a shit about them. All the fan boys trying to get an increased market share with them just made a bigger bullseye and hung a neon arrow pointing towards it. Congrats...now even the Playschool models will have virus'.