Without sandboxing, any application can read and write files almost anywhere on your Mac. In computer security, sandboxing is similar any application you run is in a “sandbox” that prevents it from going beyond certain boundaries and performing actions that it shouldn’t. A traditional sandbox has boundaries that allows kids to play within a certain space.
One of Mountain Lion’s marquee security features is called sandboxing. Here’s an overview of the new or changed security features in Mountain Lion: Sandboxing What interests us here, however, is the numerous security features that have been added to Mountain Lion or that have been changed since Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Mountain Lion includes a number of new features and brings to OS X many facets and ideas that Apple uses in iOS, the operating system that runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Today Apple released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the latest version of the operating system that runs Macs. Questions? Comments? Have a fix? Post them below orīe sure to check us out on Twitter and the CNET Mac forums.Apple + Recommended + Security News New Security Features in OS X Mountain Lion Regardless of what you choose, the most important aspect of a malware scanner is its ability to detect malware, and with results of testing such as that done by Reed, we can make better decisions by clearly distinguishing the top runners from the rest of the field. In addition, some tools are relatively light-weight programs, while others use kernel extensions and background daemons, which may be more intrusive to the system and result in odd or unwanted behavior. In addition, often security tools will not only include anti-malware scanners, but also have firewalls, secure keyboard entry, and other routines that may sometimes be desired. However, this mentality butts heads with those who may not trust, or have, the abilities to avoid all potential avenues of attack on their systems. Hard-core Mac users often claim malware scanners offer more potential harm than good, especially given the relative lack of malware for OS X.
Whether or not antivirus tools are recommended for OS X is a question that is still in a bit of flux. Therefore, if you are looking for an anti-malware package to use, you might consider weighing those which perform well in tests like this, against the additional features they offer and recommendations by those who have used them. Worthy of note here is that often acclaimed anti-malware tools such as the open source ClamXav, McAfee, and Symantec's iAntivirus, did not make it into this top tier set. In his testing, Reed found that the top malware scanners for OS X include the following (in no particular order) which were able to detect over 95 percent of tested threats: This effort follows similar assessments done by Reed in past years, but has been repeated to characterize the fluctuating nature of not only new malware threats, but also the effectiveness of scanning engines as they receive software updates and new malware definitions from their developers. Recently Mac security researcher and analyst Thomas Reed put to the test a number of popular antivirus tools for OS X, to see which perform the best for detecting known malware threats for OS X.
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