If you run a Mac with more than one boot system, this update should enable it to check the SSV, although some Macs remain different.
Gatekeeper
Checks 8 key settings and functions essential for your Mac’s security and well-being, from whether SIP is enabled to XProtect. Runs automatically every hour, or as a single-shot.
Each of the main security services in macOS, like XProtect, relies on data commonly stored in separate files […]
As macOS doesn’t have a dashboard to warn you of dangerous security settings, it’s worth checking them. Here’s what to look for, and how to correct them.
Ventura aims to improve app security by checking integrity of apps and command tools whenever they’re run. How can it do that without significant overhead?
If you thought that App Translocation only happens to apps left in their original folders and not moved, and doesn’t happen after first run, this could come as a surprise.
Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
How an obscure ACL can prevent a quarantine flag from being attached to an internet download: demonstration and explanation.
Is provenance tracking intended to make app launch times shorter despite new Gatekeeper checks, or is it trying to make it harder to cheat?
How the new tracking extended attribute is attached to apps, how it’s recorded in a security database, and how it’s checked. But for what purpose?
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