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> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/14/patrick-wardle-synthetic-clicks-macos/#more-546952" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=iXTu-pdphZw:xU-0IXNWFOM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=iXTu-pdphZw:xU-0IXNWFOM:D7DqB2pKExk) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/iXTu-pdphZw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Ex-NSA staffer demonstrates malware bypassing security checks in High Sierra (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/iXTu-pdphZw/) |