Guess, macs, not unlike obama, aren't nirvana after all.
You do realize this is a hazard to any keyboard that has firmware in it, right? Not just Mac keyboards?
Read the article. The exploit is for all firmware-loading keyboards, including those manufactured by Microsoft and Logitech.
The headline highlights Apple’s wireless keyboard because headlines involving Apple get clicked more: reference the GSM SMS exploit which was demonstrated on a Sony Ericsson phone, yet was reported in the tech media as an iPhone exploit.
First you gotta get the malicious firmware revision onto the Mac's keyboard. That means getting the malware on the Mac that will install it on the keyboard and manage the data coming back from the keyboard AND keep it from being seen on the screen... on a Mac, about the only way to do that is with a Trojan. I am not going to be too worried about it.
Note also that this works on ANY computer and Any keyboard with firmware... if it's got firmware, it can be compromised.That would be any keyboard that requires a driver on PCs. Comparing the ease of compromising Macs with malware and compromising Windows XP with malware, I think that would more likely occur on Windows than on Macs.