Apple Keeps Pace With MacDefender Authors
"Oh, you're going to release out a fix? Nice try, we'll just work around it."
This might have been the reaction of MacDefender authors to the update Apple released this week to block the malware. These miscreants were able to quickly circumvent the fix, perhaps signaling the beginning of a protracted cat-and-mouse game aimed at teaching Apple fans, once and for all, that the Mac isn't as immune to malware as they might believe.
Except Apple then quickly released another update that blocked the workaround, according to Spider-Mac, an Italian Apple enthusiast site.
Say what you want about Apple and its past intimations that Macs are inherently more secure than PCs. We'll see if Apple maintains its alert stance, but the quick response makes it tough to say they're not reacting to a clear and present threat to Mac users.
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