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Anthony Spadafora

RARE PHOTOS: Malware could be hiding on your mac thanks to faults in apple s background task manager | Vintage Vibes

MacBook Pro 16-inch 2021 sitting on a patio table

Apple includes a number of built-in tools to keep the best MacBooks safe from malware, but a security researcher is now claiming that one of them can be easily bypassed by hackers.

As reported by 9To5Mac, the iPhone maker first introduced its malware-flagging tool Background Task Manager as part of macOS Ventura last year. The tool is designed to notify you when Mac malware installs itself in such a way that it can remain persistent on your computer.

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