If you want to see more malware for the Mac, you should ask Apple about finally delivering a robust Malware SDK for Mac OS X. Using the same technology as the iPhone SDK, they should be able to deliver a malware platform for 3rd parties that is safe, secure, and supported.

As for organized gangs... The last time I went to a meeting, they couldn't even decide who was supposed to call the meeting to order, let alone collect dues to order pizza and beer. It was like going to a Ron Paul for President meetup, except the people smelled better.

At first, I thought "Oh great, another security firm trying to drum up some business through FUD." But then I realized... Sophos doesn't sell to end users at all. They are purely a corporate vendor. They don't seem to have the same motive as other security firms.
Though I don't know about the "organized gangs" term.. that's FUDtacular. (Does "Say hello to my little friend" now refer a Mini? A nano? )

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Bosco wrote:
If you want to see more malware for the Mac, you should ask Apple about finally delivering a robust Malware SDK for Mac OS X. Using the same technology as the iPhone SDK, they should be able to deliver a malware platform for 3rd parties that is safe, secure, and supported.

Nicely played, sir.

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Bosco wrote:
As for organized gangs... The last time I went to a meeting, they couldn't even decide who was supposed to call the meeting to order, let alone collect dues to order pizza and beer. It was like going to a Ron Paul for President meetup, except the people smelled better.

VERY nicely played, sir.

Anyway... this should be interesting. Let's see if we were right, all those years of telling people "Macs are inherently more secure, it's not just that malware authors are (perfectly understandably) ignoring them!".

In any case, next time I'm browsing an ad-covered porn site which tells me I need to install an unidentified video codec and then suspiciously downloads and opens the installer for me, I'll make a note to ignore it.

Let me get this right. This is a reminder to practise safe sex, right?

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ata wrote:

In any case, next time I'm browsing an ad-covered porn site which tells me I need to install an unidentified video codec and then suspiciously downloads and opens the installer for me, I'll make a note to ignore it.

If they can put the malware in a porn site then they could put into a non-porn site and trick people into downloading the malware.

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ata wrote:
Anyway... this should be interesting. Let's see if we were right, all those years of telling people "Macs are inherently more secure, it's not just that malware authors are (perfectly understandably) ignoring them!".

In any case, next time I'm browsing an ad-covered porn site which tells me I need to install an unidentified video codec and then suspiciously downloads and opens the installer for me, I'll make a note to ignore it.

Don't forget that these are two very different things. Nothing is secure if you can get the gatekeeper to hand you the keys.