dennis neal is here. >> the mac is under attack. the outbreak of this malware started two months ago. on sunday it landed on the laptop of my 11-year-old dot. this is one of the first big assaults on apple which for years was inch vulnerable to hack attacks in part because mac's market share was so low that no selfrespecting hacker would bother witness. now apple is the hottest brand in the world and hackers are taking aim. the outbreak has been noted mostly on technical problems. it emerged in april as mac defender. lately it's known as mac shield. apple isn't talking much about it, though. it didn't issue any broad press release that i could find. it wouldn't answer most of my questions and declined my pleas for interviews. apple did put out a security patch at the end of may. that may be one of the first it has ever had to issue. when you search the apple web support site any mention of the malware does not show up at all.