
Researcher Creates Fix for Gatekeeper Problems
Can you count on Gatekeeper, Apple’s proprietary malware blocking tool, to keep your computer safe? The jury is still out on that question, but one researcher has at least done his part to make Gatekeeper a bit more efficient.
Last year, Patrick Wardle of the cybersecurity firm Synack discovered not one but two major security holes in the Gatekeeper tool. He showed how both of those holes could allow a piece of malware to bypass Gatekeeper altogether and infect a Mac computer.
How Gatekeeper Works
To understand how Wardle …