Patrick Wardle finds ways to get inside Apple’s I/O kit, the company’s platform for writing software drivers – the code for working with a computer’s software and hardware. Wardle says the days of finding a single software flaw in say, Safari, that yields full control over a Mac are over. Be aware that some applications, particularly security ones, may have kernel-level access, so it’s good to be judicious when considering whether to install one. Apple has maintained for more than a decade its security superiority over Windows, it’s only truly hardened the OS in the last few years.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/blogs/weak-drivers-key-to-compromising-macos-p-2298