Security team colleague keeps intentionally opening malicious links on his MacBook

Hi all

I have an older colleague on my team who keeps intentionally opening malicious links on his MacBook. He does this so he can “research” the links and know what the intentions of the attackers are. He claims that “phishing and viruses don’t work on Mac”.

How correct is he? Is he just old school, and doing his job well? Or should we consider him a security risk?

I always learned that, if it’s necessary to open a phishing …

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