Following the discovery of a critical bug in macOS High Sierra that allowed anyone to gain root access to a Mac, Apple has quickly released a mandatory software update to patch the vulnerability. Unfortunately, some users have encountered issues with authenticating or connecting to file shares on their Mac immediately after installing the security update 2017-001.
Today highlighted a little-known macOS feature that lets your Mac automatically receive and use critical patches in an unfortunate case of a catastrophic bug or vulnerability.
Less than 24 hours after developer Lemi Orhan Ergin discovered a critical bug in macOS High Sierra that made it far too easy for anyone to gain root access to your Mac, Apple has responded by issuing a fix while apologizing for the concern it has caused to customers.
Apple on Wednesday issued a critical patch for macOS High Sierra to fix a major vulnerability discovered yesterday which allowed unrestricted access with full administrative privileges on Macs with a Guest account enabled or the root account's password left blank.
A potentially serious bug has been discovered by developer Lemi Orhan Ergin that allows anyone to gain root access to your machine by attempting to login with the username "root" and leaving the password blank. The vulnerability can easily be replicated, but fortunately, there is a simple workaround to fix the problem on your Mac until Apple releases a patch.
Cybersecurity researcher firm Bkav released a video shortly after the iPhone X launch showing a mask fooling Face ID. Now they have shared a second video with more details and how they were able to pull it off.
In a recent episode of Let's Talk iOS, Cody and I discussed (again) our use of 1Password and iCloud Keychain to handle passwords on iOS and Mac. This conversation generated many comments from listeners who were wondering what the advantages of using 1Password instead of iCloud Keychain are.
According to a report last week, Texas Rangers have served Apple with a search warrant in the case of the Sutherland Springs shooting.
Find out how to disable Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad in case someone tries to force you to unlock your device against your will.
In its Threat Intelligence Report for 2017, Nokia has reported the rates of malware infection for mobile devices for the first three quarters of 2017.
For reasons unknown, Google has recently removed the option to protect access to the Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides mobile apps with a passcode, Touch ID or Face ID.
Apple did say during the iPhone X keynote that Face ID wasn't twin-safe, but that didn't stop media outlets like Mashable and Business Insider from conducting their own “twin tests” to demonstrate that Apple's 3D facial recognition system is not absolutely secure.