Six years ago, the old MRT saved millions of Macs from coming under attack. XPR could one day do the same. A new deep dive into its function has just been presented at Black Hat. Also updates on status_code 30 and missed scans.
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What you need to know about the 3 XProtects: classic, Remediator and BehaviourService, and full details of what we know about XPR 122.
Which versions of macOS get which types of security update, which have protection from XProtect Remediator, and can you still rely on Safari?
In June 2022, Apple retired MRT and replaced it with XProtect Remediator. Here’s all you need to know about this new tool and what it does.
Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
Run Catalina or later and there are two XProtects in the CoreServices folder. But they’re completely different, as this explains.
All about XProtect, and its new sibling XProtect Remediator, which macOS they come with, what they do, and how to check them and keep them up to date.
Developed from LockRattler three years ago, SilentKnight is in need to modernisation to work better with changing security tools. History and aims.
Two readers reported odd warnings when checking macOS malware scans. Are they significant, or errors? And what are the differences between XProtect and XProtect.app?
What if you see no scans at all? Or just ‘private’ results? What should make you concerned, and what’s normal?
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