Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products to include OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. An attacker could exploit unpatched vulnerabilities to take over a victim’s system. In all, 32 vulnerabilities were included in the OS X and macOS updates. Three of the kernel bugs could allow […]
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Security researchers have identified a new MacOS backdoor potentially linked to the OceanLotus threat group, also known as “APT 32”, “SeaLotus” and “Cobalt Kitty” to name a few.
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A security researcher has spotted a new strain of malware dubbed “MaMi” (OSX/MaMi) that targets Mac OS X DNS settings.
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Apple released macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update that includes security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre vulnerability (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Apple also provided a security update for Safari 11.0.2 for OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6, with fixes for the same Spectre vulnerabilities. The MacOS High Sierra update will already upgrade Safari to version 11.0.2 (13604.4.7.1.6) or version 11.0.2
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In the wake of Apple’s most recent and embarassing blunder regarding the macOS High Sierra root login flaw, I felt it was a good time to revisit Apple Mac hardening guidelines that can help users and IT admins better secure Apple’s OS, to include macOS and OS X.
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The latest version of macOS High Sierra allows any local user with physical access to take over any Mac by logging in as root and no password.
WikiLeaks has detailed three leaked hacking tools, Achilles, Aeris and SeaPea, used to target Mac OS X and POSIX systems.
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