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Apple patched critical flaws in macOS Monterey but not in Big Sur nor Catalina
2022-04-06 07:40

Apple last week patched two actively exploited vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey yet has left users of older supported versions of its desktop operating system unprotected. In a blog post on Tuesday, security biz Intego said fixes applied to address CVE-2022-22675 and CVE-2022-22674 in macOS Monterey were not backported to macOS Big Sur or macOS Catalina.

Apple Patches Over 40 Vulnerabilities in macOS Catalina
2020-05-27 14:22

Apple this week released security updates to address over fifty vulnerabilities impacting macOS and Safari. Eighteen of these vulnerabilities are specific to macOS Catalina, but many impact macOS High Sierra and macOS Mojave as well, and patches were released for those platform iterations as well.

How to securely configure screen sharing remotely on macOS Catalina
2020-04-27 20:11

MacOS Mojave focused on securing macOS features by restricting what permissions apps have to the user's system and the data it contains. One example of these types of restrictions set by default is when enabling the screen sharing protocol that allows IT to provide end-users with hands-on support when troubleshooting issues affecting their devices.

Apple's latest macOS Catalina update mysteriously borks SSH for some unlucky fans. What could be the cause?
2020-04-01 10:30

Apple's latest update to macOS Catalina appears to have broken SSH for some users. The issue is that under Apple's macOS 10.15.4 update, released on March 24, trying to open a SSH connection to a port greater than 8192 using a server name, rather than an IP address, no longer works - for some users at least.

Apple Patches Tens of Vulnerabilities in iOS, macOS Catalina
2020-01-29 14:46

Apple this week released software updates to address tens of security flaws in iOS, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, and other products. A total of 23 vulnerabilities were addressed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, now rolling out for iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation.

Apple Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities in macOS Catalina
2019-12-11 19:24

Security updates released by Apple this week address numerous vulnerabilities in macOS Catalina, iOS and iPadOS, Safari, and other software products. read more

Digital Guardian Version 7.6: DLP for Apple devices running 10.15.x Catalina
2019-11-25 02:00

Digital Guardian announced general availability of Version 7.6, its latest endpoint Data Loss Protection (DLP) agent for macOS machines, extending its industry-leading data protection capabilities...

Apple props up macOS Catalina with 10.15.1 update
2019-11-01 15:01

A vocal minority of the committed Apple base has been quick to express dissatisfaction at the move to Catalina from macOS 10.14 Mojave.

While Apple fanbois rage at Catalina, iGiant quietly drops iOS and macOS security patches
2019-10-30 16:53

RCEs and all sorts of other vulns plugged, so get installing Apple has released patches for the hated macOS Catalina – but not to fix the operating system's UI failures. These are security updates...

Apple Patches Tens of Vulnerabilities in macOS Catalina, iOS 13
2019-10-30 14:43

Security updates released by Apple this week for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina 10.15 address roughly 40 vulnerabilities, including issues that affect both operating systems. read more