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How to update outdated software on Mac endpoints: Introducing ThreatDown VPM for Mac

ThreatDown is happy to announce that our Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management tool is now available for Mac endpoints.
There are hundreds of third-party apps that Mac endpoint use on a daily basis-and with that large number of apps comes a dizzying amount of software updates to apply on a rolling basis.
With VPM for Mac, Nebula and OneView users can now easily find missing updates and install them to take care of the large volume of software updates in third-party applications on Mac endpoints.
Go to Configure > Policies Create a new policy or select an existing policy.
Check mark Allow scanning for known vulnerabilities in installed software Mac endpoints.
In order to be able to apply software updates, users need to enable the policy setting Allow updating software inventory and applying Windows OS patches for endpoints for Mac.
Click Manage > Endpoints Select specific endpoint(s) under the Software tab.
3rd party software updates for Mac endpoints is available on both Nebula and OneView for our Patch Management users or users on an Advanced bundles and above.


This Cyber News was published on www.malwarebytes.com. Publication date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:13:07 +0000


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