credential access in macOS

credential management in macOS is not dissimilar to that in Windows, but with some additional quirks. let&rsquo;s take a look at some of the ways they can be accessed, both legitimately and illegitimately. securityd credentials are managed by the securityd process, and stored in the &ldquo;keychain&rdquo;. securityd is a daemon (i.e. a background process) that maintains different security contexts…