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Is My Mac Secure from Malware and Viruses?

Do you own a Mac? If so, you might have the common perception that they’re more secure from internet threats than Windows PCs. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. The truth is that Macs have historically not been targeted by hackers as frequently as Windows systems, simply because there were fewe...

CVE-2016-7585

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves mishandling of DMA in the "EFI" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to discover the FileVault 2 encryption password via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves mishandling of DMA in the "EFI" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to discover the FileVault 2 encryption password via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter...

CVE-2016-7585

CVE-2016-7585 affects macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, describing a DMA handling flaw in the EFI component that can allow a physically proximate attacker (via Thunderbolt) to recover the FileVault 2 encryption password. The connected sources confirm a pre-boot DMA risk targeting EFI and note miti...

CVE-2016-7585

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves mishandling of DMA in the "EFI" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to discover the FileVault 2 encryption password via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter...

Setting a custom FileVault (macOS FDE) passphrase

FileVault 2 is the full-disk encryption system of macOS. Normally, it's turned on from System Preferences, and locks the disk with the passwords of all the users allowed to unlock the machine. Overloading the login/unlock/sudo password is an understandable UX simplicity choice, but makes it very...

Setting a custom FileVault (macOS FDE) passphrase

FileVault 2 is the full-disk encryption system of macOS. Normally, it's turned on from System Preferences, and locks the disk with the passwords of all the users allowed to unlock the machine. Overloading the login/unlock/sudo password is an understandable UX simplicity choice, but makes it very...

Flaw in OS X Lion Encryption Leaves User Credentials in Plaintext

There’s a serious weakness in certain versions of Apple OS X that causes the operating system to store users’ login credentials for the FileVault encrypted storage in plaintext. The bug, which is found in older versions of FileVault present on OS X Lion 10.7.3 systems, enables anyone with admin...

Apple Revamps Security in OS X Lion

Apple has released the newest version of its OS X operating system, dubbed Lion, and it includes a batch of new security protections that bring it up to the level of Windows and Internet Explorer. The most significant additions, experts say, is the full implementation of ASLR and a sandbox that...