Mac Threat Detections on the Rise in 2019 According to Malwarebytes Report

guest · Dec 16, 2019

Mac Threat Detections on the Rise in 2019 According to Malwarebytes Report
December 16, 2019
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/12/16/malwarebytes-mac-threat-detection-2019/

Mac threat detections were on the rise in 2019, according to data shared by Malwarebytes, a company that makes anti-malware software for Macs and Windows PCs.

Looking at the top 25 threat detections in 2019, six of those were Mac threats, with Mac threats accounting for 16 percent of total detections. Malwarebytes found this number significant because its Mac user base is 1/12 the size of the PC user base, but Malwarebytes does not provide direct year-over-year comparisons of Mac malware numbers.

"Perhaps 16 percent doesn't sound impressive, but when you consider the number of devices on which these threats were detected, the results become extremely interesting. [...]"
For the first time in 2019, Mac malware broke into the top five most-detected threats, accounting for the second and fifth-most detected threats during the year.

Malwarebytes says there were 9.8 detections per Mac in 2019, compared to 4.2 detections per device for Windows PCs. That may sound significant, but there are caveats with that data point.
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Though Malwarebytes suggests Mac malware is on the rise, it's worth noting that the threats Macs are facing consist primarily of adware and "potentially unwanted programs." There are more nefarious malware programs able to infect Macs, but these are more targeted and limited in scope, so unlikely to affect most Mac users.
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Malwarebytes: Mac threat detections on the rise in 2019

ParadigmShift · Jan 8, 2020

Is there a MacOS security 'best practices' guide posted anywhere? Not something shallow from Apple marketing, but really digs deeps into the OS configuration.

EDIT: Found this from Apple:
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf

Secondmineboy · Jan 8, 2020

ParadigmShift said: ↑

Is there a MacOS security 'best practices' guide posted anywhere? Not something shallow from Apple marketing, but really digs deeps into the OS configuration.

EDIT: Found this from Apple:
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf
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https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

ParadigmShift · Jan 8, 2020

Thank you. I appreciate the link.

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