Russian malware writers and spammers paid hackers 43 cents for each Mac machine they infected with bogus video software. Sophos researcher: “Partnerka” is a collection of Web affiliates who rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars from spam and malware. Researchers: “Mac users are not immune to the scareware threat” Mac users often dismiss security as a problem only for people running Microsoft’s Windows. Mac OS X’s security has been criticized by vulnerability researchers, but even the most critical have acknowledged that the Mac’s low market share is probably enough protection from cyber criminals.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2124389/hackers-pay-43-cents-per-hijacked-mac.html