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April 16, 2021 by Stuart Ashenbrenner

Apple Strengthens Security with XProtect and MRT Updates

Bringing XProtect to version 2144 and MRT to version 1.77, respectively.

April 2, 2021 by Stuart Ashenbrenner

Apple has pushed a new update to XProtect

Bringing the XProtect version to 2143, the new version of XProtect includes expanded detections to the rule: MACOS_1db9cfa.

March 19, 2021 by Stuart Ashenbrenner

iOS developers targeted by new XcodeSpy malware

XcodeSpy is a new supply-chain attack aimed at Mac developers. Here is how to detect and remediate it.

March 11, 2021 by Matthias Wollnik

Apple updates pushed March 8

New updates are available on macOS Big Sur, bringing the version to 11.2.3. Apple also released updates to the rest of its ecosystem on March 8th.

March 11, 2021 by Robin Gray

Account Takeover (ATO) attacks and how to prevent them

As more businesses move IT infrastructure to the cloud, the threat of employee account takeover becomes more of a concern. If you’ve migrated to SaaS applications like M365, Zoom, and Salesforce, they are going to be exposed to the public internet, and fall beyond the purview of traditional network security technologies like a firewall. The adoption of the cloud means that security professionals need to reconsider how users are authenticated; relying on identity controls alone is a surefire way to increase the risk of account takeover attacks.

March 10, 2021 by Matthias Wollnik

Monitor, detect and remediate Macs using Microsoft Azure Sentinel with Jamf Protect

Today, we announced a new integration as part of our partnership efforts with Microsoft by connecting Jamf Protect and Microsoft Azure Sentinel. This integration natively pushes all Mac security-related data and alerts directly into Azure Sentinel instance with minimal configuration.

March 5, 2021 by Stuart Ashenbrenner

Meet Apple updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple just pushed updates to both XProtect and the Malware Removal Tool, MRT.

March 1, 2021 by Josh Stein

Simplifying macOS security and compliance

Jamf acquires cmdReporter, an auditing and compliance solution that integrates with Jamf Pro and existing security data repositories.

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