From a security point of view, many see Apple's 'walled garden' ecosystem as paradise on earth. And to be fair, Cupertino's products have never suffered from a global epidemic nor are as commonly infected as their Windows counterparts. But is this security, at least on macOS, a facade? Perhaps!
In this talk, we'll start by looking at the public malware threats currently targeting macOS in 2018. Though these specimens are rather unsophisticated, things could much worse. To support this claim, we'll discuss a myriad of recent security flaws in macOS, many such as #iamroot, that should have never have made it into production code! And what about 0days? Maybe we'll drop one as well ;)
Luckily it's not all doom and gloom for Mac users, as Mojave promises to be the most secure version of macOS ever. After examining some of the baked-in security mechanisms of this new OS we'll discuss how 3rd-party security tools still play an essential role ensuring that the Garden remains secure!