Apple "High Sierra" Login Using Root and Blank Password
 

In case you haven't heard the new there is a massive security flaw in macOS, which allows anybody to log into the root account with a blank password. The flaw was discovered by Lemi Orhan Ergin (@lemiorhan):


How it works.
https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html

The issue has been fixed in the new update. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208315

impossible, things like this never happen with Apple

When I worked for Apple, I used to remotely take control of another worker's computer on the network, turn the volume up all the way, then make AppleTalk say ridiculous things to scare them. Not sure if that still works, tho, that was back in the 10.4 days.. :upsidedow