The macOS 11.3 update includes a massive security patch and new emoji
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has just released macOS 11.3, alongside iOS 14.5. It's probably worth updating your Mac to it as soon as you can - not only because it comes with some new features, including improvements for running iPhone and iPad apps on M1 Macs and updates to Apple Music and Podcasts, but it also fixes a major security flaw.
The update reportedly patches a vulnerability that allowed malware to bypass many of macOS's built-in protections, like File Quarantine and GateKeeper's opening dialog box. While Apple's built-in anti-malware system could still block malicious programs if Apple were aware of them, enterprise software company Jamf did find evidence that the security flaw was being exploited by attackers.
Apple also details a slew of other...