Legacy app whitelist can be abused to bypass latest macOS security defenses, expert warns

Three words to ruin an Apple engineer’s day: ‘Patrick Wardle disclosure’ Malware can bypass protections in macOS Mojave, and potentially access user data as well as the webcam and mic – by exploiting a hole in Apple’s legacy app support.… The Register – Security

macOS 0-Day Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Security Features With Synthetic Clicks

A security researcher who last year bypassed Apple’s then-newly introduced macOS privacy feature has once again found a new way to bypass security warnings by performing ‘Synthetic Clicks’ on behalf of users without requiring their interaction. Last June, Apple introduced a core security feature in MacOS that made it mandatory for all applications to take […]