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Congratulations, Apple. The Mac is now popular enough to attract major attention from the bad guys.
Patching the future
One aspect of Apple's internal culture that frustrates security experts is that the company's stance on fixing vulnerabilities has been inconsistent. Experts note that while Apple's mobile iOS platform has been patched in a timely manner, and there are even some at the company who "beat the security drum" (according to Schoewenberg), Flashback is an example of the process not working.
"Flashback was patched by Adobe for all major platforms back in February, but Apple only patched it this week," Schoewenberg said. "Waiting two months is not acceptable, and we see OS X threats evolving."
