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There’s trouble in that firmware: EFI chaos

As Apple controls hardware, firmware, system software, and their updates, EFI firmware should be kept up to date reliably. But it isn’t. What’s gone wrong?

October 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Code signing: confusing and weak?

How my apps were correctly signed, but using the wrong certificate. They passed all tests here, but would not come out of quarantine normally on other systems.

September 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT data

Apple has today pushed updates to the configuration data used by XProtect, and that for its malware removal […]

September 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra: security files, internals and some bugs

It looks much the same as Sierra. Looking at High Sierra’s logs, though, shows that there are significant internal changes. Here’s a first glimpse at SkyLight, APFS and dasd at work.

September 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Gatekeeper again

Apple has pushed out another silent update to its Gatekeeper configuration data for OS X and macOS. This […]

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

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

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