Apple’s security nightmare doesn’t seem to come to an end, as a new vulnerability in macOS exposes the passwords used for encrypted APFS external drives in plain text.
The security flaw exists in macOS 10.13.1 and can be exploited with just a Terminal command, with newer versions of the operating system presumably protected against the flaw. But according to mac4n6.com, the bug still exists in macOS 10.13.3, only that it can be spotted when encrypting an already existing unencrypted APFS drive.
Apple has obviously remained tight-lipped on this bug, so it’s not known if the company addressed it in the latest versions of macOS, though by the looks of things, the vulnerability can’t be triggered in the same way as on older builds of the operating system.
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