Apple’s head of software admits Macs have an unacceptable amount of malware

(CNBC) -- Apple’s head of software, Craig Federighi, said in court on Wednesday that Apple is not pleased with the amount of harmful software, or malware, on its operating system for Mac computers, MacOS.

Federighi said that allowing users to install software from the internet is “regularly exploited” on Mac computers, and that the iPhone’s operating system, iOS, has a “dramatically higher bar” for customer protection.

“Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable, and that is much worse than iOS,” Federighi testified in the Epic Games v. Apple trial.

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