Mac Security

[standingquiet]

Hey Guys,

I know Virus's aint really an issue on Macs but are any security programs worth having? For example to kept your personal data safe from phishing etc... I see there's some sort of standard security on a mac is this enough?

There's security updates on Apple's site how to i know what version i currently have?

Thanks for taking the time to read this

Mac Newbie

Matt

 

[miles01110]

Programs typically can't protect against phishing, since they rely on the social engineering angle of attack as opposed to a technical one.

Little Snitch is a handy firewall program.

 

[standingquiet]

Programs typically can't protect against phishing, since they rely on the social engineering angle of attack as opposed to a technical one.

Little Snitch is a handy firewall program.

Thanks for that mate so all you need is a firewall really?

 

[BlueRevolution]

There's security updates on Apple's site how to i know what version i currently have?

Software Update will inform you when you're out of date.

 

[miles01110]

Thanks for that mate so all you need is a firewall really?

A firewall and some common sense, the latter of which is OS-independent