The differences between security and privacy, why we need effective controls over both, and how those controls are different.
MRT
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?
XProtect’s data files haven’t been updated since 13 March 2018 – a period of 120 days. Is it being replaced in Mojave? What happens to those still using High Sierra and earlier?
Apple doesn’t tell you what malware its removal tool, MRT, can remove. Here’s a list of changes in the latest version 1.35.
Apple has just pushed updates to the data used by Gatekeeper, and that used by the Malware Removal […]
Apple has just pushed an update to the macOS malware removal tool MRT, which brings it to version […]
We eradicated smallpox, and are on the verge of doing the same to polio. Simple lessons on naming and communicating extend to macOS malware, and Apple’s role.
Following yesterday’s pushed update to XProtect, Apple has overnight pushed an update to its malware removal tool MRT, […]
Apple is in the process of pushing an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, bringing it to […]
With XProtect and MRT providing such extensive protection against malware, who could possibly need anything else? Where could they possibly fall short?
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