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Update Your Mac Right Now to Avoid This Massive Security Bug Share Photo: Stephen Lam, Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. If you haven’t already, you should update your Mac right now. A recently patched zero-day vulnerability in macOS operating systems has been allowing hackers to bypass much of Apple’s security protocols and deploy malware on an unknown amount of...

The hackers used the ‘Mind-Blowing’ bug to hide past macOS protections With MacOS malware upwardsApple has been busy adding malicious software that makes it much more difficult to run malicious software on Macs in recent years. But a vulnerability in the operating system, now publicly spread and patched, was used to prevent them all. Security researcher Cedric Owens found the bug in mid-March while looking for ways to macOS defenses. Apple Goalkeeper the devices require developers to register with Apple and pay a fee so that their software can run on Macs. And the company’s software no...

Apple Patches Serious MacOS Security Flaw The bug can put Mac users at "grave risk" as it allows attackers to bypass Apple's security mechanisms, a researcher reports. Apple issued a patch today for a major security flaw in its newly released macOS 11.3. The bug, according to Apple, could allow for a malicious application to bypass Gatekeeper, which is a technology that ensures by default that only trusted software runs on a user's Mac. It affects all recent versions of the operating system. The bug is already being used by bad actors in the wild, according to some security blogs. Patrick War...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. With macOS malware on the rise, Apple has been busy in recent years adding layers of protections that make it a lot more difficult for malicious software to run on Macs. But a vulnerability in the operating system, publicly disclosed and patched today, was exploited to bypass all of them.  Security researcher Cedric Owens discovered the bug in mid-March while looking for ways around macOS defenses. Apple's Gatekeeper mechanism requires developers to register with Apple and pay a fee so their software will be able to run on...

macOS bug that let hackers bypass all security checks easily now fixed by Apple A bug on the Apple macOS was recently discovered that let malware be passed through its security checks easily without any security prompts for the user. Sarthak Dogra | April 27, 2021 | Updated 12:32 IST (Image: Maxim Hopman/ Unsplash) The bug was triggered upon a missing property list file in an application. It let a malicious attacker access a user’s sensitive data remotely. A set of malicious apps has come to light which, at one point, was able to bypass almost all the security protocols on Apple's macOS. Th...