We have reviewed and tested eight security solutions on Apple’s macOS Sonoma. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2024 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Mac Security Review/Test 2024
Mac Security Review/Test 2023
We have reviewed and tested nine security solutions on Apple’s macOS Ventura. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2023 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Mac Security Review/Test 2022
We have reviewed and tested ten security solutions on Apple’s macOS Monterey. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2022 to see which security solutions have been approved.
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Mac Security Review/Test 2021
We have reviewed and tested ten security solutions on Apple’s macOS Big Sur. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2021 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Spotlight on Security: EvilQuest / ThiefQuest Mac Ransomware
Ransomware for macOS shows the importance of using independently tested Mac antivirus software. EvilQuest / ThiefQuest ransomware is now blocked by all the Mac AV products certified by AV-Comparatives in 2020: Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, CrowdStrike, FireEye, Kaspersky, and Trend Micro.
Mac Security Review/Test 2020
We have reviewed and tested eleven security solutions on Apple’s macOS Catalina. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2020 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Mac Security Review/Test 2019
We have reviewed and tested eleven security solutions on Apple’s macOS Mojave. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2019 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Continue reading…AV-Comparatives found a flaw in a macOS security feature that allowed unidentified apps to run (bypassing Gatekeeper checks)
In spring of 2019, AV-Comparatives ran a team-building event, in which their research team was asked to find security bugs on macOS. This was actually planned as a nice event with co-operative activities, but it happened that they found a security flaw on macOS Mojave 10.14.4 and earlier versions. The issue allows Gatekeeper to be bypassed, and unsigned apps from outside the App Store to be executed. The method used does not require any specialist knowledge or programming ability. Anyone who can create, copy and rename folders in Finder could do it, with a few very simple instructions.
Mac Security Review/Test 2018
We have reviewed and tested ten security solutions on Apple’s macOS High Sierra. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2018 to see which security solutions have been approved.
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Mac Security Review/Test 2017
2017 Test & Review of Mac antivirus and security software
The closed Apple ecosystem reduces the risk of malware, but does not make Mac’s immune to adware, spyware and other threats. The recent FruitFly malware for example spied on Mac users through their own webcams. In our Mac Security Review/Test 2017 we tested 9 popular Mac antivirus solutions.