ZDNet - The Ed Bott Report: The slow and steady evolution of cross-platform malware

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Malware isn't just for Windows anymore. As the number of Macs rise, the economic incentive for criminals to build cross-platform attacks rises. And so do the stakes.

By Ed Bott
May 1, 2012

The rise of the global Internet in the early to mid-2000s made online crime possible and profitable. The sheer size of Microsoft’s monopoly made Windows the only target that mattered for malware authors. And so for years all malware was Windows malware, which led some people to conclude that it would always be so.

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