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'MacOS Mojave is a major update that introduces powerful new features for a wide range of Mac users, from consumers to pros,' said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. There's also a revamped Finder with additional enhancements such as a Galleries view to help users find what they need quickly.ĭark Mode overhauls the aesthetics for users and developers (when using Xcode), helping to place the content that matters most to them at the centre of their software experience, with controls moving to the background. Messy desktops can be quickly and easily organised with a new Stacks feature, grouping relating items together neatly. MacOS Mojave, Apple's latest operating system will officially launch on 24 September, according to CEO Tim Cook who used its 'Gather round' event on 12 September to confirm the news.īack in June, Apple said its latest software had been 'inspired by professionals but designed for everyone'.

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IT Pro approached Apple for comment but did not get a response at the time of writing.ġ2/09/18: New OS will launch on 24 September The clip showed the ex-NSA hacker initially denied access to address book data, before running the script and later copying this data to the desktop. Meanwhile, Patrick Wardle, chief research officer at Digita Security, discovered a zero-day bug that could allow an attacker to bypass authorisation prompts entirely and access a users' personal data through an unprivileged app. This means it could potentially read browser history, emails, and chat messages, among other data points, for every user. The way Apple has implemented the approval mechanism is such that requesting access for one user's photo may lead to the app being whitelisted for all users universally.

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The security firm's macOS team also highlighted that whitelisting for Full Disk Access presents a security issue.

SentinalOne demonstrated that it's possible for a remote user to gain unauthorised access to protected data through secure shell (ssh) - a programme that allows a user to establish a remote connection to another computer and send through Unix commands. These privacy concerns, however, pale when compared against two independent security holes found within 24 hours of macOS Mojave's release showing that Apple's user protections can be bypassed. The blog also highlights an issue with background processes not triggering user approval, which could lead to those apps breaking. 'Chances are, the average person will get tired of doing so, and will simply approve each one without paying attention.'Īmong the most concerning observations are that dialog boxes present users an 'ok' option instead of 'allow', alongside 'don't allow', which could lead to mistakes being made. I had to approve access to data for quite a few of my apps. 'Dialog fatigue similar to security fatigue is real, and after having upgraded to Mojave, I can attest to the fact that it has a tendency to display a lot of these dialogs in the beginning. 'The idea is that people get tired of being hassled when they're trying to get work done, and will just do whatever is needed to click past a warning dialog without actually reading it,' he wrote in a blog post.

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