It seems that Apple Gatekeeper vulnerability isn’t fix yet even it was originally reported on in the end of September 2015. It’s curious that this vulnerability was discovered in the summer by security researchers Patrick Wardle. It took a few months to get the reports about it being real.
Well, the Gatekeeper software that affected OS X platform can be installed through the internet and get to the Mac computer to run unsigned apps and tools causing wreak havoc on machines. At first users thought these were just rumors. There are many rumors around Apple products. For example, it was even believed that Apple was helping users to switch from iPhone to Android.
There is no Apple Gatekeeper bypass for developers because the company simply added the affected applications to the blacklist.
The iOS giant surely presented a security fix for the problem however Wardle researched this situation and assured the company didn’t fix anything. The iPhone maker didn’t address the problem, he believes. Instead the Mac creator the Apple Gatekeeper blacklist and placed there the binaries used by researcher to show the real problem.
Then Apple create a blacklist of applications the researcher was using. This is however not the fix he was hoped for. Are Mac users still at danger? Probably this is the question that could worry most users just like many iPhone owners are worried about SIM factory unlock.
There are no official comments regarding the doubts voiced by Wardle. It’s hard to say if there are any more issues that could worry Mac users because eve the researcher believes that Apple would offer the proper fix sometime in the future.
You are advised to avoid download Mac applications outside the mac App Store to avoid getting the vulnerability and problems with your computer.