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Absolutely not. Time Machine is just a SAMBA share with a nice UI on the client side. If the backup directory gets encrypted, all the versions of your files wil
by monai 2y ago
Absolutely not. Time Machine is just a SAMBA share with a nice UI on the client side. If the backup directory gets encrypted, all the versions of your files will also be encrypted.
- amelius 2y agoThere is a different opinion here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8282686 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8282686 Not sure what to make of it. Is it possible to reach the server side of the Time Machine from the Mac itself? Has such a breach been demonstrated?
- kstrauser 2y agoMy Time Machine server doesn’t run an Apple OS. Someone would have to compromise my laptop and then pivot to separately attack my NAS. A state level actor could probably do that. The people running spray-and-pray ransomware ops almost surely couldn’t, or at least wouldn’t bother.
- amelius 2y agoAfaik, my colleague has a setup with regular Apple hardware and software.
- daghamm 2y agoAccording to Darknet Diaries there are gangs that focus on backup server first, because with backups in place ransomware is not as effective. There are examples of backup software companies being compromised to get to their clients. This is for attacks against bug companies. But maybe it's just a matter of time before "ordinary" ransomware is updated with destroy-backups function.
- amelius 2y agoBut to come back to the original question, is there any evidence against Apple Time Machine being secure?