Originally the ‘security enclave’, and subject of a series of patents, it was introduced in the iPhone 5s in 2013, then the T2 in 2017, and blossomed in M-series Macs from 2020.
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Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]
It provided 3 protections when introduced in El Capitan in 2015, and has now grown extensively to cover NVRAM, kernel boot arguments, authentication of root, and even malware scans.
How to check your Mac is booting in Full Security, and how to read its log to verify all the key steps involved in that process.
Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Sequoia to 15.6.1, Sonoma to 14.7.8, and Ventura […]
Used by two of XProtect’s malware detection features, Yara rules are valuable way to check whether files satisfy a logical condition, and more.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Over the last 6 years, XProtect’s Yara rules for detection of malware have increased by a factor of 4, and they now take over 22 times as much space. Here are the numbers and charts.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Six years ago, the old MRT saved millions of Macs from coming under attack. XPR could one day do the same. A new deep dive into its function has just been presented at Black Hat. Also updates on status_code 30 and missed scans.
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