According to Howard Oakley at Eclectic Light Company, Apple has updated macOS malware more in the past six months than in the past seven years.
A recent blog post by Howard Oakley at the Eclectic Light Company details the changes Apple has quietly made in the past six months that mark a distinct change in strategy for protecting Macs, including spots where there are still holes of vulnerability, specifically for some older Macs.
“It has now gone fully preemptive,” Oakley wrote in the post. “As active as many commercial anti-malware products.” Mac malware protection used to be limited to the XProtect tool, which only passively scanned some files checking for malware against a list of pre-loaded known malware code. This often failed to find the newest threats because malware evolves so rapidly.
This proves not only that the anti-malware is included in modern MacOS releases, but is alive and active. Your Mac is much safer today than it was a couple of years ago.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Allure' to Discontinue Print EditionThe Condé Nast-owned beauty title is going digital-only for 2023.
Read more »
It’s Corn (It’s Not Corn)Fake corn desserts are having a moment — one that started even before the viral TikTok trend took over
Read more »
Do Doctors Sacrifice Too Much When Medicine Is a 'Calling'?Some doctors feel more called to medicine than others. Having too much passion or not enough can be detrimental to physicians and their practice.
Read more »
Astronaut's video offers rare fish-eye view from the ISS | Digital TrendsAn astronaut aboard the International Space Station astronaut has shared a rare view of Earth that shows our planet from horizon to horizon.
Read more »