Security News > 2019 > June > macOS 0-Day Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Security Features With Synthetic Clicks
2019-06-03 16:03
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 permission ("allow" or "deny") from
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