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Now displaying: March, 2018
Mar 24, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Thomas Reed from Malwarebytes comes back on the pod to talk about Graykey, a tool advertised to law enforcement to unlock any iOS Device. We talk about the ethics of a tool like this, how it might work, and what the future of iOS Security is around a device like the Graykey.

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GUESTS:

  • Thomas Reed, Director of Mac and Mobile, Malwarebytes [@thomasareed]

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

GrayKey iPhone Unlocker Poses Serious Security Concerns – Malwarebytes Blog

AFCClient on Github

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Wisconsin March 4-6, 2018
Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

MacDMV will meet at 8281 Greensboro on March 28th at 6:30pm.

Macbrained SF will meet at March 28th at Spoke at 6pm.

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

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Mar 20, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Gretchen, Joshua and Rusty from the Penn State University Mac Admins Conference join the pod to talk about the upcoming PSUMA 2018 Conference! The hosts talk about news and events afterward.

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

The Penn State MacAdmins Organizing Committee

  • Gretchen Kuwahara, Member of the conference team, [@osuterrycat]
  • Joshua Miller, Member of the conference team [@joshuadmiller_]
  • Rusty Myers, Member of the conference team [@thespider]

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Conference website
Proposal submissions
Youtube channel

#psumac-mentors on Slack

Calendar 2 cryptominer in the App Store

Fun story from Panic

Odd NTP Bug with 10.12

SAMBA is also sub-good:
CVE1
CVE2

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet at University of Utah’s Marriott Library at 11am on March 21st.

Houston Apple Admins will also meet on the 21st at Conservatory in Downtown Houston at 6pm. Check the #houston channel in Slack for more information.

Dallas Apple Admin will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on March 22nd at 6:30pm

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

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Mar 10, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

The Hosts cover what little we know about Apple Business Manager, some news about the iMac Pro, SCEP in 10.13.4, Munki in Airwatch, and SAML vulnerabilities, then we welcome Diana Birsan of Shopify and Bryson Tyrrell of Jamf to talk about MacADUK!

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

  • Diana Birsan, Internal Security Developer, Shopify
  • Bryson Tyrrell, System Administrator II, Jamf Software

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Tweet about iMac Pro Imaging

Image of Apple's Technote before it was reverted

Generating Pre-populated Munki Manifests utilizing the Airwatch API

SCEP is broken in 10.13.4

Defaults Command deletes invalid plists

SAML Vulnerabilities affecting multiple implementations

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Wisconsin March 4-6, 2018
Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Nederlandse MacBeheerders will meet at IO Building at Technical University of Delft on March 9th at 2pm.

East Midlands Mac Admins will meet in Nottingham at Jigsaw24 at 1900 on March 14th.

Melbourne Apple Admins will meet at Culture Amp on March 15th at 6:30pm.

Utah Apple Admins will meet at University of Utah’s Marriott Library at 11am on March 21st.

[Houston Apple Admins] will also meet on the 21st at Conservatory in Downtown Houston at 6pm. Check the #houston channel in Slack for more information.

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

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