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=== Mac Malware ===

=== Mac Malware ===

While Mac malware is scarcer than [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]] malware, over the last ten years threats targeting Mac OS X have been on the rise and have become more sophisticated.<ref>[https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/10-years-of-mac-malware-how-os-x-threats-have-evolved/ 10 Years of Mac Malware: How OS X Threats Have Evolved (Infographic)]</ref> In addition, Macs can pass on files that contain malware to Windows users. For this reason, a layered approach to security is the best defense, including the use of a [[firewall]] and Mac [[Anti-virus software|antivirus]] that detects and stops Windows viruses as well as Mac malware.

While Mac malware is scarcer than [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]] malware, over the last ten years threats targeting Mac OS X have been on the rise and have become more sophisticated.<ref>[https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/10-years-of-mac-malware-how-os-x-threats-have-evolved/ 10 Years of Mac Malware: How OS X Threats Have Evolved (Infographic)]</ref> In addition, Macs can pass on files that contain malware to Windows users. For this reason, a layered approach to security is the best defense, including the use of a [[firewall]] and Mac [[Anti-virus software|antivirus]] that detects and stops Windows viruses as well as Mac malware.<br />

Since the iOS is shared across all Mac devices, malware targeting this operating system will sometimes lay dormant until it is connected to another device.  For example, one kind of malware will infect an iPhone but remain dormant.  Once it is connected to a MacBook (through a wired or wireless connection) it infects that.  The malware will also infect any other iOS device available, such as an iPod or iPad.  After a time, it can gather information from every device the individual owns, essentially stealing their entire online (and quite possibly real) identity.  Such malware is sometimes used by hackers to open a back door into these devices so they can manually lock the entire set of devices and copy everything off of them.

===Other Malware===

===Other Malware===