Over the last 6 years, XProtect’s Yara rules for detection of malware have increased by a factor of 4, and they now take over 22 times as much space. Here are the numbers and charts.
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Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5309, […]
A slew of new rules to detect novel malware, four changes to behavioural detection. This has been an unusual week for security data updates.
Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5304, […]
Classic XProtect, XProtect Remediator, and XProtect behavioural with Bastion rules – a rundown on developments over the last year and where they’re going next.
Since the update to XProtect Remediator version 151, many have seen warnings of a plugin being cancelled. This explains how that happens, and what you can do about it.
XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.
Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5289, […]
Important security fixes, but no published CVE entries, according to Apple. But digging deeper was also unhelpful. Could it be GoFetch, or SLAP and FLOP?
Scans used to take just a few minutes, but even on a fast M4 Pro now usually take more than half an hour. What is XProtect Remediator up to?
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