Microsoft highlights macOS vulnerability, Apple issues fix

Though Windows has its own laundry list of vulnerabilities and security problems, macOS isn't perfect either. Take, for example, the recent "powerdir" vulnerability that left the door open up for attackers to gain access to Mac users' personal data.

Before digging into the nitty-gritty of powerdir, information technology'due south worth noting that Apple's already patched the vulnerability (and credited Microsoft), and then if you haven't downloaded security updates for a few weeks, y'all should. You tin can read the full scoop on macOS updates over at Apple's patch notes.

Now that the consequence's stock-still, Microsoft has taken to its blog to publicly dissect powerdir and requite those interested in its inner workings a amend understanding of the vulnerability. It had the ability to "allow an aggressor to bypass the operating system'south Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) technology, thereby gaining unauthorized admission to a user'south protected data," co-ordinate to the blog.

Y'all're going to demand technical knowledge to sympathise the majority of Microsoft's post on the subject, then either be prepared to Google (or, heh, Bing) a lot or come prepared with knowledge of what a hexadecimal hulk is.

Microsoft's mail service, across just explaining the danger, gives useful examples of the threat posed by powerdir. It shows the vulnerability giving an attacker the power to enable camera and microphone admission in whatsoever app, including Microsoft Teams. Information technology also addresses the history of TCC dangers and how powerdir is far from the only one.

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