XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.
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These work differently from other privacy controls, and are required for Find My… and Activation Lock. There are some catches too, and no command tool to help.
Getting XProtect data to update in Sequoia has been an adventure. The latest update to 5289 seems to have changed the rules again. Here’s how it works, and how you can get updated.
Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5289, […]
Users should be given a third option to defer updating further, as well as doing it now or later tonight. Does the DAS scheduling and dispatch system rely on security through obscurity too?
From their origin with an email engine in 1993, to the addition of the more secure Data Protection keychain supporting passkeys and much more.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
How Apple’s new CPU cores can guess which code to run, and which data to load from memory. How those speculative techniques can be exploited, and should we be worried?
The difference between consent and intent, why an app adds itself to Settings, and when you should add it to Full Disk Access.
Permissions, privacy and security protections can conspire to prevent us from accessing our own files. They aren’t integrated, consistent or documented, and badly need improvement.
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