In September 2020, I talked about how the Shlayer malware successfully passed the notarization process and was able to run on any Mac running macOS Catalina and newer. Now there is information that the attackers again deceived the notarization process. Apple introduced the “notarization process” security mechanism in February of this year: any Mac software… Continue reading Attackers again deceived Apple’s notarization process
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Shlayer malware bypassed Apple security checks
Security expert Peter Dantini discovered that the Shlayer malware bypassed Apple’s checks: it successfully passed the software notarization process and could run on any Mac running macOS Catalina and newer. In February of this year, Apple introduced a new security mechanism: any Mac software distributed outside the App Store must go through a notarization process… Continue reading Shlayer malware bypassed Apple security checks