
But that will mean every time a legitimate application wants to use a password from the keychain, the user will have to enter the login. Perhaps the best current defense is to manually set a password for the keychain. Having trouble with Keychain Access, the stock password management app on your Mac Youre not alone. Wardle, who uncovered a similar bug in 2017, told Forbes users could take steps to prevent any apps stealing their passwords. As it has no technical information from Henze, it’s unclear when a fix will become available. What’s the point of creating something to store all the most sensitive information on the system if that mechanism itself is consistently insecure.”Īpple said it had no comment at the time of publication. Went to library keychain, there was no login. Ive tried both options repeatedly, but I keep getting the same pop-up box, fairly frequently. Keychain access, made sure all four options were ticked, Repair, no problems found: Deleted the keychain with references and files. “It’s a little disheartening that Apple can’t figure out how to secure the keychain. Keychain 'login' cannot be found to store 'Safari' It then offers the choice of canceling or reset to defaults. It’s a really lovely bug," he said, joking that “until Apple wraps its head around security, I’m shutting off my Mac and going surfing. After videos werent playing in Chrome I decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.


Wardle, a former NSA analyst, was impressed with the young researcher’s find. Ive been running Spotify for a few weeks now previously with Leopard and I think OS 10.5.9. Forbes had Apple Mac security specialist Patrick Wardle test the exploit.
