OSX's secret problem?
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- sem
My girlfriend called me up after our iMac just decided to turn itself on from sleep mode and seem to have clicked out of screensaver.
I had a look when I got in via Little Snitch (which is a must for all OSX users) and noticed my Shared Remote Access commands had been fired up, so I'm just guessing but someone might have been trying to (or had) hacked in via it?
I then did some research and it seems to be something very much ignored on every forum, support page etc...
http://forums.macrumors.com/show…
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/…
http://arstechnica.com/civis/vie…
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/…
I have since disabled Remote Login, Screen Sharing etc and disabled a few random things I had not noticed on Little Snitch, though it is rather worrying that some of these random IP address showing up have been connected to via Apple's system files/servers etc? could it be an Apple exploit for hackers?
- Morning_star0
Ignore him.
- sem0
Haha, I found a few answers now so no need to ignore, though it does seem that the screen share and remote access on OSX are pretty crap when it comes to security
- animatedgif0
Probably that malware disguised as a Flash update or fake "codecs" from porn sites.
- ernexbcn0
Macs do go out of sleep to check for Bonjour resources every once in a while.
- What's a Bonjour resource?
boobs - turn off "Wake for network access" in energy saveranimatedgif
- What's a Bonjour resource?
- instrmntl0
PRISM
- ArmandoEstrada0
Paranoid.
- monoboy0
Break out the tin hats... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka…