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Apple’s spectacular earnings report reveals it sold 15.4 million iPads, 37 million iPhones and 5.2 million Macs from October through December. So where’s the predicted wave of OS X and iOS malware? Isn’t the market share big enough to make either platform an attractive, easy target for criminals?
Experts, citing Apple’s security controls and the easy opportunities for crooks to profit elsewhere, say massive sales do not automatically equate to massive malware. The wave of malware may break, but it won’t be for quite some time. For now, Apple’s waters are calm, and people keep diving in.
iPhones are in the clear … for now
Tim Armstrong, malware researcher for the security firm Kaspersky Lab, agrees.
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