Πηγή : http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/30/securing-your-mac-a-guide-for-reasonable-people-version-1-0/
Ένας πολύ ενδιαφέρον οδηγός γύρω από το τι πρέπει να κάνει ένας κοινός χρήστης ενός mac υπολογιστή.
Ο αρθρογράφος γράφει την άποψή του κ λέει ότι δεν υπάρχει λόγος ουσιαστικός ανησυχίας, όπως πχ στις windows πλατφόρμες, αλλά θα πρέπει να ακολουθήσει ο χρήστης κάποια πολύ βήματα για να είναι ο υπολογιστής του ασφαλής από την πλειοψηφία των απειλών.
"How do I protect my Mac online? Should I run any 'security' applications on my Mac?"
Αναφέρει φυσικά ότι είναι μύθος ότι τα mac μηχανήματα είναι 100% ασφαλή, αλλά αναφέρει επίσης ότι δεν υπάρχει ουσιαστικός λόγος για εγκατάσταση προγραμμάτων antivirus, antispam, firewalls κτλ.
Τα βήματα εν ολίγοις (προτείνω να διαβάσετε το άρθρο):
Step 1) Make Backups: Use Time Machine.
Step 2) Make Backups: A Bootable Clone.
I suggest SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
Step 3) Use Dropbox for your most important files.
Step 4) Be Careful Where You Get Your Software.
Use the Mac App Store.
Use trusted third-party software.
Starting in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), Apple introduced Gatekeeper.
Step 5) Read first, install last.
Τελικά, χρειαζόμαστε Anti-Malware ;
My answer is no. Is it possible that at some point in the future, Mac OS X users will need to run real-time anti-virus and/or anti-spyware software? Yes. It is likely? No. Mac security software has not shown itself capable of catching new attacks in real-time, and there are not many attacks to be protected against.
If you insist on running anti-malware software for Mac, try either ClamXav or Sophos.
Χρησιμοποιείστε τα εργαλεία που δίνει η Apple.
Mac OS X has a firewall built-in.
And in System Preferences, look under "Sharing" and turn off anything that doesn't need to be on.
Safer Safari
First, go to Preferences » General and uncheck the box next to "Open 'Safe' files after downloading."
I would encourage you to consider using the ClickToPlugin & ClickToFlash Safari extensions which will prevent plugins from running automatically but which let you run them when you want.
A Reasonable Protection
Apple uses to launch programs (either visible apps or background daemons) whenever you reboot your computer and/or log into your computer.
A good way to protect yourself is to keep an eye on these various auto-launch tools, and be notified whenever something is added to them.
The folks at CIRCL (Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg) created a free tool to detect when something has been added to the automatic launch settings for OS X. You can download it at http://www.circl.lu/pub/tr-08/ and it will give you an alert whenever something is added to one of those folders. More detailed information about using that tool is available at MacFixIt.
Ένας πολύ ενδιαφέρον οδηγός γύρω από το τι πρέπει να κάνει ένας κοινός χρήστης ενός mac υπολογιστή.
Ο αρθρογράφος γράφει την άποψή του κ λέει ότι δεν υπάρχει λόγος ουσιαστικός ανησυχίας, όπως πχ στις windows πλατφόρμες, αλλά θα πρέπει να ακολουθήσει ο χρήστης κάποια πολύ βήματα για να είναι ο υπολογιστής του ασφαλής από την πλειοψηφία των απειλών.
"How do I protect my Mac online? Should I run any 'security' applications on my Mac?"
Αναφέρει φυσικά ότι είναι μύθος ότι τα mac μηχανήματα είναι 100% ασφαλή, αλλά αναφέρει επίσης ότι δεν υπάρχει ουσιαστικός λόγος για εγκατάσταση προγραμμάτων antivirus, antispam, firewalls κτλ.
Τα βήματα εν ολίγοις (προτείνω να διαβάσετε το άρθρο):
Step 1) Make Backups: Use Time Machine.
Step 2) Make Backups: A Bootable Clone.
I suggest SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
Step 3) Use Dropbox for your most important files.
Step 4) Be Careful Where You Get Your Software.
Use the Mac App Store.
Use trusted third-party software.
Starting in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), Apple introduced Gatekeeper.
Step 5) Read first, install last.
Τελικά, χρειαζόμαστε Anti-Malware ;
My answer is no. Is it possible that at some point in the future, Mac OS X users will need to run real-time anti-virus and/or anti-spyware software? Yes. It is likely? No. Mac security software has not shown itself capable of catching new attacks in real-time, and there are not many attacks to be protected against.
If you insist on running anti-malware software for Mac, try either ClamXav or Sophos.
Χρησιμοποιείστε τα εργαλεία που δίνει η Apple.
Mac OS X has a firewall built-in.
And in System Preferences, look under "Sharing" and turn off anything that doesn't need to be on.
Safer Safari
First, go to Preferences » General and uncheck the box next to "Open 'Safe' files after downloading."
I would encourage you to consider using the ClickToPlugin & ClickToFlash Safari extensions which will prevent plugins from running automatically but which let you run them when you want.
A Reasonable Protection
Apple uses to launch programs (either visible apps or background daemons) whenever you reboot your computer and/or log into your computer.
A good way to protect yourself is to keep an eye on these various auto-launch tools, and be notified whenever something is added to them.
The folks at CIRCL (Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg) created a free tool to detect when something has been added to the automatic launch settings for OS X. You can download it at http://www.circl.lu/pub/tr-08/ and it will give you an alert whenever something is added to one of those folders. More detailed information about using that tool is available at MacFixIt.
