Do hackers prefer Macs or PCs?Â
It s been a handful of years since Apple revealed that PC has it beat popularity-wise (by about four times, or 300 million active users). Apple s been chomping away at the market share, but still, fewer people own Macs. Fewer Mac owners, fewer targets for criminals, right? Hackers are obviously more likely to create malware that ll affect more people s computers rather than spend extra time working around a tricky operating system that fewer people have installed.
But just like TikTok warns that the chances of your cat killing you are few but never zero, the chances of hackers deliberately going after Mac users are few, but never zero. MacBooks are the it-tech of the moment. They re the cool laptop to have and flaunt like a cool bag or pair of shoes, especially for students getting their first laptop. Hackers have zeroed in on this.
You ve probably heard that Macs don t need antivirus software. Whoever told you that was wrong.
The idea that Macs are generally more secure than PCs isn t totally off-base. Windows
does tend to have more security vulnerabilities because, while Apple does everything in-house, Windows operates on hardware from a handful of manufacturers. Apple s closed-loop system simply makes holes smaller and harder to infiltrate.
But that doesn t mean Mac s security is hole-free. Antivirus software is still a worthwhile purchase.
Do hackers prefer Macs or PCs?Â
It s been a handful of years since Apple revealed that PC has it beat popularity-wise (by about four times, or 300 million active users). Apple s been chomping away at the market share, but still, fewer people own Macs. Fewer Mac owners, fewer targets for criminals, right? Hackers are obviously more likely to create malware that ll affect more people s computers rather than spend extra time working around a tricky OS that fewer peop