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Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect’s security data

Apple has just pushed an update to the configuration data for its XProtect tool, which detects malware on […]

March 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Gatekeeper configuration data

Apple has today pushed an update to Gatekeeper configuration data, which should have been silently installed on your […]

February 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

Supplemental Update for macOS High Sierra 10.13.3: is there more to it?

Apple has today released another Supplemental Update to macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, apparently just to fix a security […]

February 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Hazel catches a silent Adobe update red-handed

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Sometimes you don’t know of a silent update until an app misbehaves or crashes. One day, the innocent-looking plist tucked away in a LaunchAgents folder could be malicious.

February 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple updates its malware removal tool, MRT

Apple is in the process of pushing an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, bringing it to […]

February 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Adobe has fixed a Flash Player vulnerability which is already being exploited

Adobe has released an updated version of its Flash Player, bringing it to version 28.0.0.161. This fixes a […]

February 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Further spurious ‘security’ updates, and who is com.apple.mac.install?

For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!

February 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple still loves us

More mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre, EFI updates, and steady progress in High Sierra are all very promising. So where does that put macOS 10.14?

January 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

Restoring order to EFI firmware

Mac firmware had become a real mess, and would have made firmware malware a nightmare. Over the last few months, Apple engineers have at last got a grip.

January 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

What is in the El Capitan Security Update 2018-001?

OS X El Capitan Security Update 2018-001 is, I think, the most substantial update to 10.11.6 since 2016, […]

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

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