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Apple releases security updates for macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, and macOS Mojave operating systems, looks to address “Baron Samedit” sudo vulnerability

You’re probably going to want to snag these. Apple on Wednesday issued security updates for multiple versions of its macOS operating system on Wednesday. The update was found in the macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 update, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-002, and fixes a sudo flaw known as “Baron […]

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Researcher draws attention to long-standing security vulnerability in OS X operating systems

After five months, it might be time to fix this sucker… Per mitre.org and Ars Technica, a unaddressed bug in Apple’s Mac OS X discovered five months ago allows hackers to bypass the usual authentication measures by tweaking specific clock and user timestamp settings, granting near unlimited access to a computer’s files. While the security […]