Joe Vennix of Apple Information Security discovered a vulnerability pertaining to the ever popular “sudo” command used in Linux systems. If you’re not aware of what sudo is used for, sudo allows non-administrative users (e.g., normal, unprivileged users) to execute commands as another user or, most commonly, the superuser (i.e., root). This is sometimes necessary to have access … [Read more...]
Researcher Storms Gatekeeper- Daily Security Byte EP.152
Today, Apple fixed a few security flaws but also suffered from a new one. A researcher has found a new way to bypass Gatekeeper—the OS X component that's supposed to keep suspicious software off Macs. Watch the video below to learn a bit about this flaw. (Episode Runtime: 2:11) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvZ3zN7D4Ng EPISODE REFERENCES: Research … [Read more...]
