March 2017 – Mac Managers Meeting

08 Mar March 2017 – Mac Managers Meeting

March 15th 2017 – University of Utah, Mac Managers Meeting

The University of Utah, MacAdmins Meeting is held monthly at the Marriott Library on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 1 PM Mountain Time. Presentations cover Apple technology and integration in a heterogeneous university enterprise environment. This months meeting will be held on Wed, March 15th 2017, and we will provide live broadcasted and archives that will be made available 2-3 days after the meeting.

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Apple File System (APFS) – By Rich Trouton, SAP, Mac CoE

Apple File System is a new, modern file system for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It is optimized for Flash/SSD storage and features strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals.

Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over eighteen years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including university, government, medical research and advertising. His current position is at SAP, where he works with the rest of the Mac CoE team to support SAP’s Mac community.

For more information about the Apple File System, see the following web pages:

• Apple Developer  – Apple File System Guide
• 2016 Apple World Wide Developers Conference – Introducing Apple File System
• Ars Technica – A ZFS developer’s analysis of the good and bad in Apple’s new APFS file system

To view archived presentation, click here.

Meet & Greet with the macOS Malware Class of 2016 – By Patrick Wardle, Synack

Due to sheer volume, Windows malware generally dominates the malicious code and news scene. Of course, Macs are susceptible to malware as well and 2016 saw a handful of new malware targeting Apple computers. Say hello to KeRanger, Eleanor, Keydnap and more! 2016 was a busy year for Mac malware authors who released a variety of new macOS malware creations. The talk will provide a technical overview of this malware, by discussing their infection vectors, persistence mechanisms and features. The talk will conclude by discussing various generic detections and best security practices to secure Macs.

Patrick Wardle is the Director of Research at Synack, where he leads cyber R&D efforts. Currently, his focus is on automated vulnerability discovery and the emerging threats of malware on OS X and mobile devices. Wardle previously worked at NASA, the NSA and Vulnerability Research Labs (VRL). As such, he is intimately familiar with aliens, spies and talking nerdy. In his personal time, Wardle collects OS X malware and writes OS X security tools.

To view archived presentation, click here.

Overriding AutoPkg – by James Reynolds,  University of Utah

For more information about AutoPkg, see web site.

To view archived presentation, click here.

Open Discussion

Questions, comments, problems and fixes.

Directions

Note, due to scheduling conflicts with our usual meeting location, we will be meeting at the Marriott Library room 1705A located inside the Faculty Center located north of Mom’s Cafe.

For directions to the University of Utah monthly Mac Managers Meetings see the following web page.

Archive & Live Presentation(s)

• A live broadcast of the presentations will be available from this web page.
• Archives of the presentations will be available from this web page.