Stepping through the key stages of opening an app in High Sierra. First, a ‘regular’ open, then with the quarantine flag, showing Gatekeeper checks and translocation.
XProtect
Over the last year, I have come across many Macs which have been left with serious vulnerabilities. Here are four common ones, and how to put them right.
XProtect’s data files haven’t been updated since 13 March 2018 – a period of 120 days. Is it being replaced in Mojave? What happens to those still using High Sierra and earlier?
Second of 3 articles explains how macOS puts documents through its security checks before opening them.
Apple doesn’t tell you what malware its removal tool, MRT, can remove. Here’s a list of changes in the latest version 1.35.
We eradicated smallpox, and are on the verge of doing the same to polio. Simple lessons on naming and communicating extend to macOS malware, and Apple’s role.
Apple has just pushed an update to the configuration data for its XProtect tool, which detects malware on […]
With XProtect and MRT providing such extensive protection against malware, who could possibly need anything else? Where could they possibly fall short?
A detailed listing of malware currently blocked or removed by Apple’s tools built into macOS from El Capitan onwards.
Apple has just pushed the first updates of 2018 for two of the security tools built into OS […]
The Eclectic Light Company 