Apple has pushed two updates overnight, to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number […]
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Second of two, here looking at quarantine of documents, what it means, how it occurs. Much more common than apps, but mysterious.
First of two articles – this looking at how quarantine works for apps and other executables, details of the flag itself, how it behaves, and more.
Is notarization just ‘security theatre’? How easy would it be to distribute malware through a legitimate distributor outside the App Store?
Apple has pushed an update to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
A day after updating Gatekeeper’s data, Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, […]
Can you get malware in PDF? How far can you trust a PDF, or could it be a forgery? How to sign PDFs, and what data may remain hidden inside them.
Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]
Another worthless piece of “security theatre” about bundle signatures. I wouldn’t bother reading it, or downloading the new version of Signet.
Apple appears to be maintaining MRT, but hasn’t changed detection signatures in XProtect for 9 months. What does this mean for the security of macOS and its users?
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