According to AV-Test, Trojans are the preferred means for cybercriminals to infiltrate Apple systems. As of 2019, trojans accounted for 59.87 percent of all malware attacks on macOS systems. Backdoors ranked second, with 34.66 percent of macOS malware samples involving this variant.
Distribution of leading macOS malware types in 2019
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