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Title: Ex-NSA staffer demonstrates malware bypassing security checks in High Sierra
Post by: HCK on August 16, 2018, 04:05:18 pm
Ex-NSA staffer demonstrates malware bypassing security checks in High Sierra

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/08/wardle.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Security research and former NSA staffer Patrick Wardle says that he will demonstrate on Sunday a set of automated attacks against macOS High Sierra, in which he is able to bypass security checks.</p>
<p>The checks are ones that ask the user to confirm that an app should be granted permission to do things like access contacts or location data …</p>
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