Malware can bypass protections in macOS Mojave, and potentially access user data as well as the webcam and mic – by exploiting a hole in Apple’s legacy app support. Digita Security chief research officer Patrick Wardle explained during a presentation at the Objective By the Sea conference in Monte Carlo this month how malicious software could manipulate code run by an older installed application to bypass safeguards Apple has put on user data and sensitive components such as the camera and microphone.

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