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High Sierra automatically checks EFI firmware each week

Every week, Macs running High Sierra will check the integrity of their EFI firmware, in a bid to detect tampering by malware.

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another Gatekeeper update

Apple has today pushed another update to its Gatekeeper configuration data, bringing it to version 129. As usual, […]

September 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another Gatekeeper update

Apple has recently pushed another security update, once again to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 128. […]

September 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

Adobe has updated Flash Player

Adobe has released an update to bring its Flash Player to version 27.0.0.130. This update fixes a bug […]

September 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has silently updated Gatekeeper data again

Apple has today pushed a further silent update to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 126. Although […]

September 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has silently updated Gatekeeper and MRT data

Over the last few days, Apple has pushed silent updates to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version […]

September 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed silent updates to MRT and XProtect

Apple has recently pushed another set of silent updates to the data files for security systems in macOS […]

August 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent Gatekeeper update

Apple has today pushed a silent update to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 1.0 124. As […]

August 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattred: a tool for setting the quarantine xattr

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This tool for Sierra now inspects and displays extended attributes, and will write a quarantine xattr to force a full Gatekeeper check on an app, as if downloaded.

August 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Quarantined: more about the quarantine extended attribute

If you want someone else to be able to run your script app, you’ll need to sign it and get it past Gatekeeper’s checks. Here are more details about the role of xattrs in those, and how to run a full check without downloading your app.

August 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

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