Kirk McElhearn, Author at The Mac Security Blog

It seems the entire blogosphere—and even a lot of mainstream newspapers—are talking about a blog post, written last week,...

A home VPN router can protect your laptops and smartphones wherever you are from man-in-the-middle attacks. Use this VPN...

Web browsers have adopted "fraudulent site protection" to protect you from suspected phishing sites. Here's how to activate your...

More websites and services are using two-step or two-factor authentication to provide an additional layer of security. Here’s how...

Have you ever misplaced your iPhone? Here’s how Find My iPhone works, how you can use it to find...

Macs include many under the hood features that keep OS X secure. This article offers a look at the...

Apple has added many key features to OS X over the years. Here is a timeline of features added...

Apple's latest web browser, Safari 9, contains some very useful improvements. Here's a look at all the new features...

Two-step verification prevents others from accessing your account on other devices. Here's how to turn on Amazon's two-step verification.

Apple's Disk Utility lets you create an encrypted disk image to store sensitive files. Here’s how to encrypt disk...