Emulating PPC64 Inside Docker(blog.michael.kuron-germany.de)

21 points by zdw 3 years ago | 0 comments

Escaping the Chrome Sandbox Through DevTools(ading.dev)

371 points by vk6 2 years ago | 72 comments

Blog post describing how the author found CVE-2024-6778 and CVE-2024-5836, Chromium bugs letting a malicious extension escape the sandbox via DevTools, earning a $20,000 bounty.

Debugging an evil Go runtime bug: From heat guns to kernel compiler flags (2017)(marcan.st)

188 points by goranmoomin 2 years ago | 43 comments

Demystifying the (Shebang): Kernel Adventures(crocidb.com)

168 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 32 comments

Ghrc.io appears to be malicious(bmitch.net)

352 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 58 comments

Blog post by Brandon Mitchell reporting that ghrc.io, a typo of GitHub's ghcr.io container registry, appears to steal GitHub credentials.

Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS(evilsocket.net)

385 points by NetBender 2 years ago | 280 comments

Security researcher evilsocket's writeup of a remote code execution attack on GNU/Linux and UNIX systems via CUPS and cups-browsed, plus notes on the disclosure process.

MacOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates(mullvad.net)

344 points by dulvui 2 years ago | 172 comments

Mullvad blog post reporting that macOS can leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel after system updates because the firewall ignores rules until a reboot.

Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOS(blog.6nok.org)

367 points by frontsideair 1 year ago | 241 comments

A personal blog post by a self-described LLM skeptic explaining how to download and run large language models locally on a Mac.

macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL(developer.apple.com)

271 points by Audiophilip 8 days ago | 303 comments

Apple Developer Forums thread reporting that macOS 15.8.2 RC breaks NSOpenGLView/NSOpenGLContext setView, leaving OpenGL windows with no drawable and rendering blank.

Bug in macOS 14 Sonoma prevents our app from working(mullvad.net)

973 points by eptcyka 3 years ago | 229 comments

Mullvad VPN blog post explaining that a bug in the macOS 14 Sonoma packet filter firewall breaks its app and can cause traffic leaks.

macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)(saurabhs.org)

515 points by pavel_lishin 1 year ago | 256 comments

A personal page collecting macOS tips and keyboard shortcuts, updated for macOS Sonoma, covering native UI conventions and app tricks.

You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings(eclecticlight.co)

449 points by zdw 6 months ago | 152 comments

Eclectic Light Company blog post by Howard Oakley explaining why macOS Privacy & Security settings cannot be relied upon to reflect actual app permissions.