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AWS IAM Explained: Users, Groups, and Roles

What is IAM Users and Groups? First, let's understand what IAM is in AWS. IAM stands for Identity and Access Management , and it is a service in AWS that lets us control who can access what kind of…

  • AWS IAM controls access to resources within an AWS account
  • IAM users and groups, plus IAM roles, facilitate this control
  • IAM simplifies permission management and prevents unauthorized access

Hacking My Own Mac App: Penetration Testing macOS Defense Boundaries in a VM

A Japanese version of this is on Zenn . I build and sell a macOS network-security menu bar app called RoamSwitch . In a previous post , I wrote about attacking my own Mac from an Arch Linux box on the…

  • Tested five defense boundaries of RoamSwitch app in disposable macOS VMs
  • Explored XPC Authorization Boundary with unsigned Swift probe binary
  • Most realistic threat involved compromised smart home device probing Mac

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