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Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 3, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has pushed two updates over the last 12 hours or so, to the data files used by […]

November 13, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Extended attributes as a vulnerability

Thirty years ago, many Macs were hit by the Wdef virus, which exploited a vulnerability which remains today: it travelled in an extended attribute. Should we be worried now?

November 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Code signatures: 3 Fixing signature problems

If you have no other option and can be certain there’s no danger in doing so, you can remove a signed app’s signature. But it may not be so simple.

November 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT

Apple has pushed an update today to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.69.3, dated […]

October 30, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Code signatures: 2 How to check them

When macOS won’t let you open an app or other software because it warns that it’s (possibly) malware, here’s how to check the signatures.

October 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has pushed an update today to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

October 29, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Code signatures: 1 How they work, and stop working

The benefits of code signing for Mac users explained. How certificates are revoked, and what happens when they are. And there’s more to signatures than just the certificate.

October 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

XProtect: What do we know about it?

Where to find its data files, what each contains and does, when XProtect is called to scan software, and a list of known malware it should detect.

October 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

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