Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
MRT
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?
An interim guide to reading the results of anti-malware scans performed by macOS Catalina and later, using XProCheck.
How macOS now has anti-malware scanners checking your Mac automatically many times each day for the most frequent malware.
Apple has just pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator security software. While XProtect is generally supported by […]
During this transition period, with both MRT and XProtect Remediator active on Macs running Catalina and later, what runs when?
The Eclectic Light Company 