{"id":1550,"date":"2017-11-28T23:56:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2017-11-29T02:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T10:34:06","slug":"newest-mac-operating-system-has-security-hole-how-to-avoid-getting-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/1550\/newest-mac-operating-system-has-security-hole-how-to-avoid-getting-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Newest Mac Operating System has security hole: how to avoid getting hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <picture>\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple-laptop-security.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple-laptop-security.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple-laptop-security-300x168.jpg 300w\"             sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 75vw, 1200px\"\n             width=\"630\"\n             height=\"354\"\n             alt=\"Apple Max laptop security\"\n             loading=\"lazy\"             decoding=\"async\"\n             class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1551\" >\n    <\/picture>\n    <\/p>\n<p>If your Mac is using that latest Operating System (OS) version, Mac OS Sierra, your computer may be hackable due to a security flaw Apple is trying to resolve asap.\u00a0 Security researchers disclosed the bug Tuesday that allows anyone from anywhere to hack into your computer remotely just by logging in as &#8220;root&#8221; for the username, and leaving the password field blank &#8211; after clicking the unlock button twice anyone can have unauthorized access to your computer and files.\u00a0 It may be also a good way to get into your computer if you forgot your password &#8211; but a better way would be to use Apple&#8217;s 2-way authenticate feature to retrieve\/reset your passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Apple released the following statement on the issue, with advice on how to avoid getting hacked until the bug is resolved:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i style=\"color: #000000;\">We are working on a software update to address this issue. In the meantime, setting a root password prevents unauthorized access to your Mac. To enable the Root User and set a password, please follow the instructions\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #234b86;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204012\">here<\/a>. If a Root User is already enabled, to ensure a blank password is not set, please follow the instructions from the &#8216;Change the root password&#8217; section.<br \/>\n<\/i>(&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/abc7news.com\/technology\/do-you-have-the-newest-apple-operating-system-anyone-can-hack-you-right-now\/2709588\/?sf174659506=1\" target=\"_blank\">Do you have the newest Mac operating system? Anyone can hack you right now<\/a>&#8220;, ABC7 News)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good advice to follow if you are running the latest Mac OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your Mac is using that latest Operating System (OS) version, Mac OS Sierra, your computer may be hackable due to a security flaw Apple is trying to resolve asap.\u00a0 Security researchers disclosed the bug Tuesday that allows anyone from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/1550\/newest-mac-operating-system-has-security-hole-how-to-avoid-getting-hacked\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[984,668,223,627,982,983],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-tips","tag-avoid-getting-hacked","tag-hacking","tag-mac","tag-mac-os","tag-mac-security","tag-security-flaw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatewb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}