{"id":406,"date":"2017-11-30T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/?p=406"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:42:48","slug":"news-critical-vulnerability-in-apple-macos-high-sierra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/news-critical-vulnerability-in-apple-macos-high-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"News:  critical vulnerability in Apple MacOS High Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NOTE TO READERS: The Catch of the Day blog not only posts examples of phishing, fraud, and other malicious emails, but also best practices and general CIS news items.\u00a0 This is one of them!\u00a0 You can always locate best practices and news items by clicking on any category (right-hand sidebar).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On November 28th, a serious vulnerability was discovered in the Apple Mac operating system High Sierra.\u00a0 This vulnerability allows a bad actor to gain complete control of a user&#8217;s computer, which could lead to the loss of important data and the installation of malicious software (malware).<\/p>\n<p>Apple released a fix and we advise everyone who uses High Sierra to apply the critical security update to their Apple machine. <strong>Computing and Information Services currently does not deploy or support High Sierra on Vassar-owned machines.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0However, we want to ensure that student machines and personally-owned machines are updated, as any compromised machine on campus could affect the Vassar community.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">If you have a Vassar-owned machine that is running Sierra, El Capitan, or an earlier operating system, please do not upgrade it to High Sierra as it may disrupt the functionality\u00a0of your machine.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Click &#8220;Continue Reading&#8221; for instructions)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>How to apply the fix to a machine currently running High Sierra:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>1.\u00a0 Determine your version of MacOS<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the Apple icon (upper left corner of your computer)<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;About This Mac&#8221; from the menu<\/li>\n<li>If your computer says &#8220;MacOS High Sierra&#8221; as shown below, you need to apply the patch.\u00a0 If your computer shows any other operating system, no additional action is necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-407\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/AboutMacSS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/AboutMacSS.jpg 771w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/AboutMacSS-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/AboutMacSS-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2.\u00a0 Apply the Security Update<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the Apple icon (upper left corner of your computer)<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;App Store&#8221; from the menu<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Updates&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The security update should be the very first update listed.\u00a0 Click &#8220;Update&#8221; to initiate the process<\/li>\n<li>This update does not require you to reboot your machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/HighSierraUpdateSS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/HighSierraUpdateSS.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/HighSierraUpdateSS-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/HighSierraUpdateSS-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/files\/2017\/11\/HighSierraUpdateSS-1024x228.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although this critical security update is the only one required at this time, it is a good security practice to check for updates frequently and install them in a timely manner.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you for helping us maintain a safe computing environment for all.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE TO READERS: The Catch of the Day blog not only posts examples of phishing, fraud, and other malicious emails, but also best practices and general CIS news items.\u00a0 This is one of them!\u00a0 You can always locate best practices and news items by clicking on any category (right-hand sidebar). On November 28th, a serious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/news-critical-vulnerability-in-apple-macos-high-sierra\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">News:  critical vulnerability in Apple MacOS High Sierra<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}