I think a Mac would work too, but that relies on trusting individuals.
Also as of late it seems like macOS has been nothing but security incident after security incident like the recent bug where encrypted disks had a password hint of the decryption password or when somebody found out that the system preferences app was basically using an undocumented API that had no authorization at all and gave root access. Or that keychain vulnerability that gave complete access to the entire keychain to anything running in a web browser!
I think an APT would have a field day if their targets started using macOS.
Patrick Wardle has reversed the C2 com protocol and found it had "advanced" capabilities (remote exec, key and mouse sniffing, screenshot, etc.). The malware was found on several thousands Macs too (mostly in the US).
>“Some people had to send faxes. They were dragging old printers out of storage to cut checks,” she said. “It was crazy.” ... "People using Macs were fine,” she said. She said most work is done on iPads and iPhones.
Perfect is the enemy of good and all that.
Yes but my point is that this is completely irrelevant to an APT. When an attacker moves from opportunistic to targeted having an OS with a lower adoption rate isn't going to matter. They aren't going after the most amount of victims possible, they're going after you specifically.
Plus if you assemble the RAM and processor by yourself, you never know how much viruses are there in our bootloader!