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Week 5: Apple's Security Mishaps aren't done yet.

In what is becoming pretty routine announcements for Apple over the last several months, there is a password vulnerability which has been publicly disclosed. This exploit allows for a user to log in and access the App Store menu in System Preferences. This gap only seems to work on local admin accounts.
This is the second password-related vulnerabilities to be disclosed within the macOS. It begs the question; does Apple have a security QA problem? While I can't conclusively answer this question, I will take some time to speculate over the next couple of weeks.
Every application and OS will likely have undiscovered bugs, no matter how intense the quality assurance process may be for it. The issue arises when these bugs began to kill the brand of the product. For Apple, these exploits by themselves aren't particularly concerning given how quickly they have handled them once discovered. However, the issue lies in the other bugs which have occurred such as the letter "I" bug in the iOS. Additionally, Apple has recently disclosed purposely slowing processing down on mobile devices as they upgraded the iOS in order to save battery.
Quality of the product matters...
Has the pressure finally gotten to those wonderful folks at Apple? The branding for Apple at one time was these products were low maintenance personal computers. This included security protocols as a lot of end users don't like upgrading their OS, updating and running malware and virus scans, setting appropriate passwords. However, if Apple isn't careful, they will lose their carefully crafted branding of being good for security.

Reference:

Rossignol, J. (2018, January 10). MacOS High Sierra's App Store System Preferences Can Be Unlocked With Any Password [Updated]. Retrieved January 14, 2018, from https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/10/macos-high-sierra-app-store-password-bug/

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