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There’s a newly discovered security hole in the current version of macOS High Sierra that allows anyone with access to your Mac to unlock your App Store System Preferences without your system password. The impact of this vulnerability doesn’t appear to be severe, but the security feature clearly isn’t working as intended. The security hole […]
New bug discovered in macOS High Sierra allows unlocking the App Store System Preferences by any password. App Store System Preferences accept any password when system logged in with local admin Privilege. This could be very dangerous if anyone already has your system permission and they can able to download any apps, modifying the apps store […]
A security researcher (@s1guza) has published the details of an unpatched vulnerability in macOS that can be exploited to gain full control of a system. The bug is a critical local privilege escalation (LPE) affects IOHIDFamily, which is a kernel extension designed for human interface devices (HID) (e.g. the touchscreen, buttons, accelerometer, etc.). The bug […]
Apple had to rush in to make a quick update on serious vulnerabilities in macOS. The vulnerability hole was so serious that it allowed anybody who has access to Mac can bypass the system login and be the root account. The macOS High Sierra vulnerability is so bad that it literally puts your personal data […]
There are over one billion devices with TeamViewer, a software that allows users to conduct online meetings, desktop sharing, remote control, file transfer, etc. between computers. So when there is a vulnerability in such a widely used program, it becomes a big thing. Recently, a GitHub user going by the online handle of “Gellin” discovered a critical vulnerability […]
If you’re currently working on a macOS-powered machine, there are good chances that you might be running the latest macOS High Sierra operating system. In what could be one of the most recent and biggest flaws in macOS security, a bug allows anyone to gain the complete control over your computer without any password. This bug was spotted […]
Here’s how to protect yourself until Apple patches bafflingly bad bug. In one of Apple’s biggest security blunders in years, a bug in macOS High Sierra allows untrusted users to gain unfettered administrative control without any password. The bypass works by putting the word “root” (without the quotes) in the user name field of a […]
Mac malware, Proton, is spreading through a legitimate security company. Security researchers spotted criminals using search poisoning to get more targets and leverage the credibility of Symantec in the industry. The attackers have created a fake site imitating the real website of the Symantec security firm, mirroring the content of the original one. “The malware […]
A critical Tor Browser vulnerability that could transmit their real IP addresses to possible attackers when they visit certain types of web pages. Discovered by Italian security researcher Filippo Cavallarin, the tor browser vulnerability lies in Firefox that also affects the Tor browser, because the privacy service that allows users to browse the web anonymously […]
Sublime Text is one of best text editors around, there’s no doubt about that. Making this tool even better, its developers have just pushed the latest and much-awaited Sublime Text 3.0 release with new features. Compared to the last beta which was pushed out last year in September, which is about one year ago, Sublime […]
Short Bytes: Continuing the ongoing Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks has exposed more CIA-developed malware. Leaked malware includes Aeris, which is an automated implant for infecting Linux systems. The other two malware, named Achilles and SeaPea, affect Apple’s macOS operating system. These malware are a part of CIA’s Imperial project. WikiLeaks has been exposing CIA-developed hacking tools […]
Short Bytes: Two malware which go by the name FruitFly and FruitFly 2 have been discovered over the course of the last few months, starting Janaury this year. The malware, known to have infected hundreds of Macs, are being assumed as surveillance tools instead of some ransomware or some other type of malware. A distant malware, […]
LAS VEGAS—The FruitFly backdoor became a known entity in January, but it’s a good bet that for years it had been in the wild, undetected by analysts and security software. The macOS and OS X malware has a number of insidious spying capabilities that would make anyone uneasy, and a variant recently analyzed by Synack […]
Short Bytes: A team of security researchers has found a bug in the Kerberos network authentication protocol. Called Orpheus’ Lyre, this flaw could be used by a man-in-the-middle attacker to steal credentials, and gain escalated privileges. The fixes for the affected platforms have been released in the form of patches. Kerberos is a computer network authentication […]
A newly discovered ransomware family calling itself Patcher is targeting macOS users, but according to security researchers from ESET, who discovered the ransomware last week, Patcher bungles the encryption process and leaves affected users with no way of recovering their files. Based on the currently available information, the new Patcher ransomware is distributed via torrent […]
Short Bytes: Researchers at the Ben Gurion University, Israel, have created a malware, called Speake(a)r, to exploit a feature on Realtek codec chips. They can use a pair of headphones to record sound and send it to the laptop using the audio output jack. There are different ways for hackers to spy on you. Most of […]
Image: Objective-See Short Bytes: It is a known issue that a hacker can access the webcam and mic on your device without your consent and awareness. You can take the help of a tape but it can’t be considered a wise solution. An ex-NSA hacker has created an anti-spying tool for OS X which alerts […]
There are a lot of tweaks you can do to the settings from the macOS’ System Preferences. But if you really want to dig deep and customize your system to your own choice, the Terminal has lot of hidden little tricks. Here are five of my favorites in macOS. Prevent Your Mac from Sleeping caffeinate Add Blank […]