At the Defcon hacker conference this past weekend, Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle presented findings that show that macOS isn’t as secure as it could be. The Background Task Manager, a tool used by macOS to monitor for “persistent” software, can easily be bypassed so that malicious software can run without the user knowing it. A persistence event is common with software, and Background Task Manager watches for them and alerts the user when one occurs. As reported by Wired,
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