[GraceG]

Government Deep State API exposed...

[Swordmaker]

The Apple Security Update for macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra that was released this morning will be automatically pushed out and installed on all connected vulnerable Macs with High Sierra installed. Apple is apologizing to all users they have put at risk with this egregious mistake and is announcing they are revising their auditing process for future software releases. — PING!

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[CGASMIA68]

Whats this mean to me a regular non business iMac owner that recently upgraded to the High Siera 10.13.1

Dont know why i do these updates and should stop

[cynwoody]

Amusing. From https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/79235:

chethan177 Nov 13, 2017 12:48 PM (in response to Taylor E)

Note: This solution might be specific to High Sierra

 

Try this:

Solution 1:

On startup, click on "Other"

Enter username: root and leave the password empty. Press enter. (Try twice)

If you're able to log in (hurray, you're the admin now), then head over to System Preferences>Users & Groups and create a new Admin account.

Now restart and login to the new Admin Account (you may need a new Apple Id). Once you're logged into this new Admin Id, you can again proceed to your System Preferences>Users & Groups. Open the Lock Icon with your new Admin ID/Password. Assign "Allow user to administer this computer" to your original Apple ID. Restart.

Now login with your original Apple Id. (In case you wish to remove the "Other" login option on startup read this: https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204012

 

Solution 2:

If you're unable to login at startup using username: root and empty password, then login with your existing account (standard user).

Again, head over to System Preferences>Users & Groups. Click on the Lock Icon. When prompted for username and password, type username: root and leave the password empty. Press enter. This might throw an error, but try again immediately with the same username: root and empty password. This should unlock the Lock Icon. If it does, try Solution 1 next.

 

P.S. Solution 2 worked for me. No idea how or why. Hope this helps.

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  CoyoteDen Nov 28, 2017 6:29 PM (in response to chethan177)

  Oh my god that should not work but it does. This is really REALLY bad. Some bug in authentication is ENABLING root with no password the first time it fails!

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    CoyoteDen Nov 28, 2017 6:31 PM (in response to CoyoteDen)

    Aaaand it’s all over Twitter,  Reddit , and hacker news. Guess someone else either discovered it or they found this thread.

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[CGASMIA68]

Disregard my last post. I just went in and see the security update availability. Reason for my post was I looked this AM and didnt see it. Its there now

[cynwoody]

https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/935578694541770752

Hacker News discusses the above here.

[NobleFree]

Same old story - upper management thinks it can will away the fact that resources x time = scope x quality.

[Pollard]

[BradyLS]

This is on the level of the Adobe Creative Cloud snafu about a year ago, where anything put in the topmost/foremost folder of all folders on your computer disappeared forever after a very short period of time.

A user in my group was panicked as all their latest work (important stuff) was just disappearing.

Found out they simply made a folder labeled something like ‘ LATEST_WORK’ (note the three spaces in front of the spelling) on their Desktop and was putting their latest files there as a quick access. They named it that way so it would aways be at the top of any list of folders.

Sure enough, they put files in there…and down the “Memory Hole” they went. Literally!

Not knowing WHY it was doing that, I told them to please use another folder and leave that one empty until I could figure out what was wrong and causing it. Shortly after that, Adobe announced the problem, how to identify it, and patched it. Geez.

And now Apple announces that they key to the front door is right under the welcome mat! GAH!!!