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Researcher Refuses To Disclose Critical macOS Keychain Security Flaw

Linus Henze, a security researcher, has uncovered a security flaw in macOS Mojave Keychain that can allow bad actors to steal the stored passwords without administrator privileges. In a video, Henze demoed how anybody can get access to your password stored in Apple’s secure vault. This isn’t the first time when Henze has discovered a […]

Apple Issues Emergency Patch to Fix Password Leak in Disk Encryption Utility

Apple rushed out an emergency patch Thursday that fixed an incredulous bug in its shiny new High Sierra operating system that revealed APFS volume passwords via the password hint feature. Brazilian researcher Matheus Mariano of Leet Tech found the bug and privately disclosed it to Apple. He said that upon creation of an encrypted container in APFS—Apple’s […]