Part of the macOS security depends on Apple adding flags to suspicious or outright malicious software, which in turn results in the warning dialogue you see when you try to open them. 2 - Install A Robust Antivirus AppĮven with all of these measures enabled the computer’s operating system does not fully protect your data from access and damage. Although, in this case, it was a faulty installer, it shows that it does not matter how clever the software is on our computers, if people choose to disable it then sh*t happens. Because the video card driver software was ‘unsigned’, it failed the System Integrity Protection Apple has put in place to protect our computers from malicious code.īy disabling SIP any user is making their computer much more vulnerable, and as we saw with the Chrome Varsectomy Bug, Google Chrome ran, what turned out to be a faulty Google Keystone automatic update and caused the problem. In September 2019, some Avid Media Composer users chose to disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) to be able to use 3rd party video cards on their Apple computers.

However, disabling any of these drastically reduces your computer’s security as we learnt with the Chrome Varsectomy Bug. 1 - Don’t Disable The Computer’s Security MeasuresĮspecially now, the macOS has a lot of built-in security features, including Gatekeeper and System Integrity Protection, all of which can provide an enhanced level of security and reduce the risk of an attack. If you would like to make your Mac computer more secure and keep your private data and client’s work safe, read on to see how you can improve your computer security. To help we have put together this article covering 8 areas you should consider, to make sure that what you are doing, or not doing, is actually making your macOS computer more vulnerable to attack, not safer.Įven if you consider yourself on top of your computer security, the chances are you could have missed one of these areas. Do not be lulled into a false sense of security that because you have a Mac, you are immune.Īs the recent Age Locker ransomware attack showed, computer security is as much about what we choose to do and the care we take, as it is about the type of computer we have. To say that “Macs never get a virus” is very shortsighted, not least because viruses are not the only form of attack. Most agree that Mac computers are less prone to an attack, the reasons for this are manyfold, including the fact that there are less of them, that the macOS is more secure, but there is no doubt that you still need to take steps to protect your Apple computer from attacks. In this article, we are going to take a more detailed approach on how to make sure your Mac computer is as safe as possible from attack. Recently we wrote about Age Locker Ransomware Targeting Mac Users.

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