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Another High Sierra security flaw: Supplemental Update may downgrade security data files (updated – it should be fixed now)

Since updating this, information has advanced again: please read this article, which explains how this problem should now […]

October 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

How Disk Utility can crack High Sierra’s encrypted volumes (updated)

Can you trust High Sierra’s new encryption features, now that it’s known they can reveal your password?

October 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper configuration data

Apple has very recently pushed out an update to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 131, which […]

October 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Which EFI firmware should your Mac be using?

A checklist of the latest EFI firmware versions which should be running on each recent Mac model.

October 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Silent High Sierra night: security settings files in macOS High Sierra

List of current version numbers for security data files and other systems which Apple may push silent updates for. Includes new EFI firmware checker.

October 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

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

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