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Title: A Mac OS X Rootkit Uses the Tricks You Haven’t Known Yet 3 - Benefits of the Host Privilege
Post by: HCK on September 24, 2023, 04:05:25 pm
A Mac OS X Rootkit Uses the Tricks You Haven’t Known Yet 3 - Benefits of the Host Privilege

This part of the Black Hat presentation by representatives of the Team T5 Research is
dedicated to nuances of host privilege on Mac OS X and what can be done with it.
In particular, the ways of granting such permissions to a normal user are
highlighted. Additionally, the experts describe a method for bypassing the
kernel module verification and show the process of loading kernel module in a
demo.
Source: A Mac OS X Rootkit Uses the Tricks You Haven’t Known Yet 3 - Benefits of the Host Privilege (https://macsecurity.net/view/75-a-mac-os-x-rootkit-uses-the-tricks-you-havent-known-yet-3-benefits-of-the-host-privilege)