Apple Pays $100,500 Bounty to Hacker Who Found Way to Hack MacBook Webcam

Apple last year fixed a new set of macOS vulnerabilities that exposed Safari browser to attack, potentially allowing malicious actors to access users' online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Security researcher Ryan Pickren, who discovered and reported the bugs to the iPhone maker, was compensat...

Improper access control

This issue was addressed by disabling execution of JavaScript when viewing a scripting dictionary. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A malicious OSAX scripting addition may bypass Gatekeeper checks and circumvent sandbox...

PT-2021-19016

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 12.1 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.2 Security Update versions prior to 2021-008 Catalina Description A malicious OSAX scripting addition may bypass Gatekeeper checks and circumvent sandbox restrictions. This issu...

CVE-2021-30975: Incorrect Authorization

This issue was addressed by disabling execution of JavaScript when viewing a scripting dictionary. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A malicious OSAX scripting addition may bypass Gatekeeper checks and circumvent sandbox...