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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

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

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

Apple has pushed silent updates to MRT and XProtect

Apple has recently pushed another set of silent updates to the data files for security systems in macOS […]

August 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes further silent security updates

Apple has just pushed another set of silent updates to the data files for security systems in macOS […]

July 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Silent Sierra night: security settings files in macOS Sierra (version 2)

In amongst the tens or hundreds of thousands of files which together make macOS Sierra work, there are […]

June 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed out silent security updates

Apple has just pushed two security updates, and a Chinese Word List update. The security updates bring its […]

June 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes update to XProtect data

Apple has, over the last twenty-four hours or so, pushed another update to the XProtect data for macOS […]

May 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Malware has got the upper hand

Most current strategies for detecting and dealing with malware are flawed, and cannot keep pace with new malware variants. What would be better?

May 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect and MRT for OSX/Dok malware

Apple has, over the last 24 hours, pushed silent updates which address the threat from the latest OSX/Dok […]

April 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

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