macOS

A collection of posts about macOS and related applications. macOS hardening guides can be found here.

macOS Security Overview

macOS comes equipped with many security features to keep you safe. Check out the Apple Platform Security page for more detail about the security features in a Mac. This post assumes you’re running on official Apple hardware that’s officially supported by the latest stable version of macOS. Encryption By default, your macOS install is encrypted, but it will automatically unlock on boot. Turning on FileVault will require a user password to unlock the volume....

Secure Time Synchronization on macOS

macOS by default uses the unencrypted and unauthenticated Network Time Protocol (NTP) for time synchronization. A popular solution to mitigate this problem is to use ChronyControl to setup NTS. However, the application requires administrator privileges, which is less than ideal. In this post, I will go over how to leverage virtualization to setup a local Linux server, update its time using NTS, and synchronize your macOS host with it using NTP, all without needing a privileged application....