Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was released publicly over the weekend. The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a person with ...

Apple introduced Gatekeeper in 2012, creating it as a method of protection for users against malicious threats by adding various layers of security during installation of Mac apps. The feature is ...

We have received several notes from readers who are identifying and isolating a possible security exploit - JS.Exception.Exploit - with Symantec's newly shipping Norton AntiVirus 9.0.

What the exploit purportedly does The newly announced OpenSSH vulnerability, fixed in version 3.7 of the software, is still (as far as we know) an untested, and therefore theoretical exploit.

Microsoft has discovered a critical exploit in macOS that could grant hackers easy access to your Mac’s most important data. Dubbed ‘Migraine,’ it shows why it’s vital to update your Mac as soon as ...

It’s Black Hat season, meaning that we are getting a new batch of zero-day exploits showing how insecure our gadgets are. Xeno Kovah and Trammell Hudson found a serious zero-day vulnerability in OS X ...

A zero-day exploit affecting Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on any binary. That’s not good, and it gets worse. The exploit bypasses System Identity Protection (SIP, sometimes ...

Hackers now have sample attack code for the newest QuickTime vulnerability that can hijack Macs, including machines running the latest flavor of Mac OS X, Leopard, security researchers warned today.

Apple released a Mac OS X security update today that patches a critical PDF vulnerability and a handful of other security issues. Security Update 2010-005 supplies a fix that addresses a “heap buffer ...

If you've used a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion or later, you're well-acquainted with Gatekeeper: it's the security measure that prevents unsigned apps from running unless you want them to.

Days after a bug in QuickTime was revealed, an attack code for exploiting the bug and hijacking Macs, including those running Leopard, has come out Hackers now have sample attack code for the newest ...

Ohhh yes, it’s IT Blogwatch, in which Black Hat Mac Wi-Fi bug demo-maker Johnny Cache breaks cover. Not to mention Schneier’s favorite airport security cartoons… L’Inq’s Nick Farrell sums it up: ...