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Thoroughly-new version of LockRattler now available

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With completely new code, a new interface, optional authentication, even a new Help book and icon, LockRattler 4 should be more robust and useful.

December 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattr: com.apple.rootless, protects with SIP

Marks a folder or file as being protected by SIP. Widespread among kernel extensions, and Apple’s bundled apps.

December 11, 2017 Uncategorized

xattr: com.apple.quarantine, the quarantine flag

This UTF-8 string contains the Gatekeeper score, the system time of download, downloading agent, and the event UUID. Can force a full Gatekeeper check.

December 11, 2017 xattr

The correct and current version of MRT can be either 1.26 or 1.27

For the moment, until Apple pushes a future update to bring it to version 1.28 at least, your […]

December 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple may or may not have updated MRT to version 1.27 (updated)

Comments to articles here show that some Mac users have, in the last day or so, received silent […]

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another security update

Gatekeeper’s data files are updated to version 134, and MRT may also be undergoing update too.

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

What’s really in the High Sierra 10.13.2 update

As expected, the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update contains a great deal more than the three relatively minor […]

December 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra and El Capitan security updates and High Sierra 10.13.2 are now available

Apple has released version 10.13.2 of High Sierra, which is now available as an update from the App […]

December 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to MRT and XProtect security data

Apple has just pushed silent updates to the configuration data for its malware removal tool MRT, and to […]

December 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Behind the Scenes: Open Directory and Kerberos

These services don’t often appear in the limelight, but the recent vulnerability in High Sierra reminds us how important they still are.

December 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

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