Dangane da sabon rahoton da Malwarebytes ya wallafa, wani kamfani da ke samar da riga-kafi don duka Mac da Windows, barazanar da aka gano cikin 2019 wanda ya shafi Apple Macs sun karu idan aka kwatanta da shekarun baya.
A cewar Malwarebytes, daga cikin mahimmancin barazanar 25 da aka gano a cikin 2019, 6 daga cikinsu suna kan Macs, wanda wakiltar 16 na duka binciken. Wannan lambar tana da mahimmanci kamar yadda tushen mai amfani da riga-kafi na Mac ya kasance girman 1/12 na tushen mai amfani na Windows.
A karo na farko, malware da aka tsara don Mac ta kasance daga cikin barazanar 5 da aka gano, mamaye matsayi na biyu da na biyar na rabe-raben kuma hakan yana amsa sunan NewTab da PUP.PCVARK.
NewTab yana da kaso 4% na duka bincike akan dukkan dandamali kuma adware ne cewa yana amfani da fadada burauza don gyara abubuwan da ke cikin shafukan yanar gizo, kuma ana samun sa ne kawai a cikin Chrome (ƙarin dalili ɗaya don kar ayi amfani da wannan burauzar a kan macOS). Ba za a iya shigar da shi a cikin Safari ba saboda ana samun kariyar burauzar Apple a cikin Mac App Store kawai.
A matsayi na biyar, mun sami PUP.PCVARK malware, wanda ke da alhakin 3% na jimlar bincike. Wannan malware shine saitin shirye-shirye don Mac wanda mai amfani bai girka ba da gangan (PUP yana nufin Rashin Tsarin da Ba'a So).
Malwarebytes yayi ikirarin cewa malware akan Mac yana kan hauhawaKodayake nau'ikan shirye-shiryen cutarwa wadanda galibi suke shafar wannan yanayin halittu sune adware da shirye-shiryen da aka sanya ba tare da izininmu ba. Akwai wasu nau'ikan shirye-shiryen cutarwa waɗanda zasu iya cutar da kwamfutarka, amma sun fi iyakance iyaka kuma da wuya su iya shafar adadi mai yawa na masu amfani da Mac.