Thursday, July 6, 2023

How Ventura Checks the Security of Apps and Tools

Howard Oakley:

When you first run an app that you’ve just downloaded to your Mac from a source that results in it being put into quarantine, the following has occurred[…]

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Some or all of those can also be triggered when a known app, which has already passed its first run tests, is run from a previously unknown path, when it’s put back into quarantine, or when it remains stuck in app translocation.

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One situation where repeated security checks could have significant impact is when repeatedly executing a third-party command tool in a script. […] Provenance tracking thus appears to overcome overhead without compromising security.

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