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> her macbook was full of malware I’m guessing her OS was very out of date? Because I’m having a hard time imagining how this happens in 2024 with XProtect, Ga
by caseyohara 2y ago
> her macbook was full of malware
I’m guessing her OS was very out of date? Because I’m having a hard time imagining how this happens in 2024 with XProtect, Gatekeeper, and Notarization all turned on by default. Non-technical people are unlikely to turn these off.
- mr_toad 2y agoYou don’t need to be very computer savvy to google “how to bypass gatekeeper”. My kids figured that out pretty quickly.
- int0x29 2y agoScripts (OSX ships with Python, Perl, Bash, Zsh, and I think JS) bypass all of those. Also I would not be suprised if editing scripts in runtime based apps (like electron) still bypass all of those. Last I looked at code signing in MacOS it was weaker than Windows in places. With code signing checks enabled in Windows (they are used as a smart screen signal but not required by default) you actually need to sign shell scripts to run them.
- latexr 2y ago> OSX ships with Python Small correction: macOS (it hasn’t been called OS X for close to a decade) hasn’t shipped with Python for a while. It does have a shim at /usr/bin/python3 that when called pops up a GUI to the user telling them they need the Xcode Developer Tools, which if accepted does provide Python.