Apple's popularity is now making it a bigger target. Perhaps the Chinese market, besides being a large market, has many users unaware of malware issues, and they are seen as a soft touch?

Researchers at a Silicon Valley security company said on Wednesday that they had found a new manner in which hackers can infect Apple products.

The company, Palo Alto Networks, reported that it had uncovered a malware campaign called WireLurker targeting Apple mobile and desktop users and said it was “the biggest in scale we have ever seen.”

Though the malware — malicious software designed to cause damage or steal information — is aimed at users in China and can be avoided, the campaign demonstrates new ways that attackers are targeting Apple iOS mobile devices. Malicious Software Targets Apple Users In China [bits.blogs.nytimes.com]