Another fairly quiet week. I expect more news as WWDC approaches.
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📰News and Opinion
- 2023 Jamf Spring Event Recap – Jamf Blog
- Shifting from Device-Centric to Identity-Centric – JC-Chris Tate, Radical Admin Blog, JumpCloud
- Is a Promotion Right For Me? – Pam Lefkowitz, Radical Admin Blog, JumpCloud
🔐Security and Privacy
- macOS’ Rapid Security Response: Designed into a Corner – Mykola Grymalyuk
- VMware fixes critical zero-day exploit chain used at Pwn2Own – Sergiu Gatlan, BleepingComputer
- CVE-2023-23525: Get Root via A Fake Installer – Mickey Jin
- New Atomic macOS info-stealing malware targets 50 crypto wallets – Bill Toulas, BleepingComputer
- LockBit for Mac: How Real is the Risk of macOS Ransomware? – Phil Stokes, SentinelOne
🔨Support and HowTos
- Should you remove duplicate files? – Howard Oakley
- Microsoft Enterprise SSO plug-in for Apple devices – Microsoft Learn (via Pepijn Bruienne)
- Migrating to Cisco Secure Client 5 – Fraser Hess
- The four types of Safari extension – Jeff Johnson
- Setup Device Compliance with Jamf and Intune – Ericson Tech
- Licensing Omni Apps for Managed Devices – The Omni Group
🤖Scripting and Automation
- Using Shortcuts on macOS to create powerful multi-step actions for Stream Deck – Dr. K, ModTitan
- Secure token and bootstrap token in a user-less environment – Fabien Conus
- Demote on Login with SAP Privileges – Samuel Mills
- Extracting icons from Assets.car on macOS – Alan Siu
- Intro to JAWA – Your Automation Buddy – The Geeky Gordo
- Clean up your packages in Jamf Pro automatically with JamfPackageCleaner – Graham R. Pugh
- kylejericson/Jamf-LAPS-Bootstrapper: A simple tool to get the LAPS password from a Mac enrolled in Jamf Pro
- Tiny hex and binary converters in swift, go, python, && javascript – Charles Edge
- Small Go Script To Send Some JSON To An Endpoint – Charles Edge
- Setup Your Mac: Spring ‘23 Survey – Dan K. Snelson
- Upgrading SYM – Dan K. Snelson
🍏Apple Support
♻️Updates and Releases
- iMazing Profile Editor 1.7.0
- Jamf Pro 10.46: Release Notes, Video
- swiftDialog 2.2 Preview 1
- Setup Your Mac 1.10.0-rc24
- The identity problem in K-12 is solved with Clever – 9to5Mac, Apple @ Work Podcast
🎧To Listen
- Selina Ali – Mac Admins Podcast
- Jamf Trust Employee Badge with Jamf and SwiftConnect – Jamf After Dark
- Pricing Your Device Management Stack – Command-Control-Power
- Removing the human: When should AI be used in emotional crisis? – Lock and Code, MalwarebytesLabs
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