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English => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Redaktion on August 26, 2026, 10:01:05

Title: Mac Screen Sharing: your password does not help here
Post by: Redaktion on August 26, 2026, 10:01:05
Apple shipped an out-of-band update on 6 August that closes exactly one flaw. An attacker on the network can authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credentials. Changing the password does not help, because the flaw hits before authentication. Around 40,000 Macs sit exposed, most of them on home connections.

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