Non-Windows platforms increasingly at risk from malware

Where it was once the case that damaging malware attacks were aimed solely at Windows devices, a new study shows that strategic attacks on both Mac and Android devices are rapidly rising. The report by Malwarebytes reveals that Android ransomware was up by more than 100 percent in the second quarter of 2017. In addition, Mac malware this year is already at the highest it has ever been. Both platforms are vulnerable to malicious applications, with many still making it past app store review processes, and both are continually plagued by potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). However, the tactics that attackers use… [Continue Reading]