All versions of macOS have "the vulnerability" that is being reported in High Sierra

And just after the official launch of the new version of macOS High Sierra 10.13, a series of news items appeared online warning of a significant vulnerability in the system. From soy de Mac We warn that this vulnerability exists in all the versions that we have available and in no case can we consider it as a system security flaw.

The truth is that the network is filling with articles that affirm this "serious problem" of the system when actually If the user does not carry out a previous step, it is impossible for us to be affected by logins in banks or Facebook ... 

As many of you may be thinking, the previous step to be able to perform these logins is none other than allow our Mac to allow the installation of unsigned third-party software, download this application, install it, and follow the startup instructions despite system prompts about the potential risks of unsigned software.

We all know that to perform this step they have to access Terminal and remove the restriction from the system, This is something that Apple implemented in the launch of the previous macOS Sierra operating system to avoid the installation of software that can harm the operation or security of our Mac and obviously without this step it is unlikely that our Mac will be affected by this application or other similar ones.

What we mean is that to install this application it is necessary to carry out the previous step manually on our Mac, so any Mac is exposed to this "vulnerability" shown by Synack's research director, Patrick Wardle. Besides this states that any version of macOS is exposed to it as long as the user agrees to the installation of unsigned software officially, so calm and quiet in this regard.


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  1.   Wilson vega said

    Good information

  2.   Jesus Iribe said

    That only happens because of having inappropriate apps (which are not downloaded from the AppStore)