El Capitan ships with a new OS X feature: System Integrity Protection (SIP), also known as “rootless” mode. This reduces the attack surface for malware that relies on modifying system files by ...

Since OS X El Capitan, the operating system that runs on Macs has been protected by a feature called System Integrity Protection (SIP), which is designed to keep your Mac safe from malware by ...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed details of a now patched but previously unknown macOS vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to bypass Apple Inc.’s System Integrity Protection in ...

Apple has recently addressed a vulnerability that lets attackers with root privileges bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) to install "undeletable" malware and access the victim's private data by ...

According to a recently published Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, a new macOS vulnerability has the potential to bypass Apple’s System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS by loading third-party ...

A macOS vulnerability exposed Apple devices to severe security risks by bypassing System Integrity Protection, but a security patch has killed the exploit. On January 13, 2025, Microsoft Threat ...

Apple recently addressed a macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and install malicious kernel drivers by loading third-party kernel extensions. Apple ...

Editor’s note: Macworld has tested the macOS Ventura 13.3.1 update released on Friday, and it appears that the update fixes this problem. This article has been updated to reflect these results. If you ...

Apple introduced System Integrity Protection (SIP) with OS X El Capitan in 2015, and it essentially adds multiple layers of security that blocks apps from accessing and modifying system files at a ...

Rich Trouton has provided a cogent explanation of and solution to a problem that was breaking news in the MacAdmins Slack on 24 September 2019. In short, an update to the Google Keystone update ...

Over at Macworld, Glenn Fleishman offers details on the new System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature in OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The good news is that SIP will make it tough for malware to take hold on ...