Eclectic Memes

There are currently few exploits for OS X in the wild (oh yes, there are a few, so let’s not be complacent). There are several reasons for this; primarily, the market share of OS X in the operating system market is small enough that it is less likely to be attacked (why go for 5% of a market when you can aim at 90%); second, although OS X has vulnerabilities its core architecture is less prone to attack than certain other OSes out there; third, OS X users are less likely to go in search of hacked software (one of the major malware gateways); finally, OS X users are smarter and better looking than users of other OSes. Okay, I made that last one up.

So, there are fewer exploits for OS X, what’s all this vampire stuff? (more…)