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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

MRT: what do we know about it?

The macOS Malware Removal Tool – what is it, where is it, what does it do and how does it run? And a curious story about its recent past, when it was used to remove non-malware.

October 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

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

October 19, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

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

October 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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 […]

September 17, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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 […]

September 8, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Has notarization burned?

Just over a week ago, security experts discovered the first macOS malware which has been notarized. Doesn’t that make Apple’s security worthless?

September 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Dead divers, security exploits, and Swiss cheese

Oxygen rebreather diving sets have been involved in many diving deaths. They and layered security can be analysed using James Reason’s Swiss cheese model of causation.

August 25, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

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

August 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

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