Sophos recently conducted a study with computer users wondering what they think hackers are going to target this year.  The result… 93% believe Macs are going to be prime targets this year.  Whether it’s Macs Marketing Department to blame for this (saying that Macs are more secure than Windows) or hackers just wanting new targets, it seems like multiple sources are stating that Macs are going to be the prime target this year.  Well… it looks like it’s Macs time to walk the walk.

A web poll of more than 350 computer users*, conducted by Sophos in the shadow of the discovery of the first financially motivated malware for Mac OS X, has revealed that 93% believe Apple Macintoshes will be targeted more in future. However, half of those polled said they did not believe the problem would be as great as that faced by users of Microsoft Windows.

The survey results, which are revealed in a Sophos podcast entitled “Big Mac attack or super-sized hype?”, show that Apple Mac users are becoming less optimistic about the likelihood of their computers being attacked in future. A similar survey two years ago, found only 79% believed that Macintosh computers would become more commonly targeted by hackers.[more]

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