![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It may also take screenshots, make mouse movements, and can upload and download files to your device. OSX.Mami can route the traffic to the malicious server and may use your device to perform Man in the Middle attack which can make pishing sites looks legitimate. The recent malware OSX.MaMi was discovered on Jan 17th, 2018 by some users in the Malwarebytes forum, which changed the DNS Server settings and installed a trusted root certificate in the keychain. Let’s leave the past malware attacks to the Mac OS, here are some recent malware which affected Apple’s Mac OS. Elk Cloner was one of the first malware which affected the Apple II operating system in 1982. Mac users are told that Mac does not need any antivirus but there were malware since the Mac OsX came into existence. You may think why your Mac needs antivirus when Apple put so many efforts into protecting the OS in the first place, after looking at the below malware attacks you have to rethink. ![]() Mac does protect you from the different type of malware using Xprotect which is an inbuilt antivirus, Xprotect works in the background without any user interference and scan new programs against the database of known malware, and this database also updates when you install the offered updates. Gatekeeper is an inbuilt tool in the Mac OS that protects you from unwanted software because gatekeeper does not allow installation of any such software without your approval which is not digitally signed by Apple Unix based operating system ( OSx) provides better security as Unix has tons of inbuilt security features to protect you from malware and hackers. The major target of malware and hacker were PCs since the Windows system is the most popular OS around the world, but the recent gain in the popularity of Mac seems to be lucrative to attackers. Mac does employ their own anti-malware in the OS which protects your device from external threats but the recent attacks and security risks changing this perception that Mac won’t get affected by malware ever. Since Mac is considered to be safer than Windows PC it is not necessary that Mac won’t get any malware. This question may arise in your mind after getting Apple’s Mac. Do Macs get malware? Does your Mac need Antivirus? Is it true that Macs are fully secure? ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |