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Apple released fixes for various products this week, including one for a bug that has been public with proof-of-concept code for two months. Continue reading Apple’s July patchfest fixes bugs in multiple products
There are no permission dialogues for apps in certain folders for macOS Mojave, which allows a malicious app to spy on browsing histories.. Continue reading Unpatched Apple macOS Hole Exposes Safari Browsing History
Apple has issued its January security updates fixing a list of mostly shared CVE flaws affecting iOS and macOS with a smattering for Safari, watchOS, tvOS, and iCloud for Windows. Continue reading Update now! Apple releases first 2019 iOS and macOS patches
The Intel Management Engine, CVE-2018-4251, and Apple.
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Your Mac computer running the Apple’s latest High Sierra operating system can be hacked by tweaking just two lines of code, a researcher demonstrated at the Def Con security conference on Sunday.
Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA hacker and now Chief Research… Continue reading ex-NSA Hacker Discloses macOS High Sierra Zero-Day Vulnerability
Apple 0-Day allows hackers to mimic mouse-clicks for kernel access, despite mitigations. Continue reading DEF CON 2018: Apple 0-Day (Re)Opens Door to ‘Synthetic’ Mouse-Click Attack
Many IT admins are encountering macOS® High Sierra authentication errors with FileVault® enabled. This problem is completely breaking the model and the processes that IT organizations use to manage Mac® users and systems. While the issue… Continue reading High Sierra Authentication Errors with FileVault®
When the Macintosh was released some thirty-odd years ago, to Steve Jobs’ triumphant return in the late 90s, there was one phrase to describe the simplicity of using a Mac. ‘It Just Works’. Whether this was a reference to the complete lack of games on the Mac (Marathon shoutout, tho) or a statement to the user-friendliness of the Mac, one thing is now apparent. Apple has improved the macOS to such a degree that all passwords just work. That is to say, security on the latest versions of macOS is abysmal, and every few weeks a new bug is reported. …read more
Tech Crunch: Another macOS password prompt can be bypassed with any password The Register: Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Apple’s password protection in macOS can be thwarted – Developers (again) find preferences hol… Continue reading Password problem in High Sierra
Shortly after the discovery of the “root” bug plaguing Macs worldwide, Apple is faced with another embarrassing flaw in the newest version of its macOS. And it’s yet another password-centric vulnerability. A recent post on Open Radar … Continue reading How to protect your Mac from the ‘App Store password’ bug
