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Apple has pushed an update to MRT

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]

December 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed a minor update to XProtect

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

December 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

RIP XProtect and MRT?

XProtect hasn’t had any update to its detection signatures for over 7 months, and MRT hasn’t been updated for over 4 months. What is their future? Are they now tools of the past?

November 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware: CoinTicker for cryptocurrency traders

Thomas Reed, of Malwarebytes, has just reported new malware which affects macOS: an app currently going under the […]

October 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has at last pushed an update to XProtect’s security data

Apple has at last, after more than six months, pushed an update to the configuration data for its […]

September 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

How XProtect now leaves Safari 12 open to Flash and other exploits

All versions of Safari, including shiny new 12, and macOS, including Mojave, appear vulnerable to exploits in old versions of Adobe Flash Player, because XProtect hasn’t been updated.

September 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Updates to macOS security software data: what has happened?

There’s been no update to MRT for almost 3 months, and none to XProtect’s data for over 6 months. Should we start paying for 3rd party products?

September 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Security, privacy, and why XProtect won’t stop apps reading your email

The differences between security and privacy, why we need effective controls over both, and how those controls are different.

September 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

XProtect: Missing presumed dead?

The last XProtect update was version 2099 pushed on 13 March 2018, when many of us were struggling through snow and ice instead of the current heat and drought. Is XProtect now as dead as the grass in my lawn?

August 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Mojave’s privacy protection and command tools: a collision in which the user is the loser

Apple has shown a way ahead for full apps to access private data in Mojave, but has been curiously silent with respect to command tools. How will they cope?

August 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

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