Less than 24 hours after the news about the root vulnerability bug broke on Twitter, Apple has pushed Security Update 2017-001 to address it on all Macs running macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If it hasn’t already installed itself on your Macs, we recommend installing it immediately.

Apple Pushes Updates to Block the Root Vulnerability Bug

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Apple Pushes Updates to Block the Root Vulnerability Bug

Apple Pushes Updates to Block the Root Vulnerability Bug