How to Combat NSA Surveillance (And Keep Fighting for Privacy!)
I was reminded this morning that a recent year was dubbed the “year of privacy,” meaning that it was...
You’ve probably heard it before: “Macs don’t get viruses.” For years, Apple’s reputation for security has led users to believe their Macs are immune to malware, phishing, or other online threats. This belief isn’t entirely unfounded. macOS is a secure operating system with several built-in protections. But that doesn’t mean it’s bulletproof. In recent years,...
Apple has just released critically urgent security updates—including macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 and iOS 18.4.1—to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited in...
You can connect a surprising variety of things to iPhones and iPads via their USB-C (or Lightning) ports, including storage devices, SD card readers,...
If you've got an old Mac, you might be able to repurpose it to make it useful again. Here are several ideas on how...
Executive Summary Since the release of macOS 12.3 (Monterey), Python has not been included with Apple’s operating system. This programming language, popular among developers and researchers for its versatility, was deemed unnecessary by Apple. Notably, even before its removal,...
I was reminded this morning that a recent year was dubbed the “year of privacy,” meaning that it was...
Security News + Software & Apps
Last week brought us a couple of important exploits being added to popular hacking toolkits, and this week brings...
Earlier this summer, Yahoo! announced that they would be recycling the accounts of users that had not logged on...
For the last several months, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has been causing quite a bit of a ruckus,...
Apple has released an update to its XProtect component of Mac OS X to block certain outdated versions of...
This is apparently the week for people to add interesting things to exploit kits! In case you’ve not already...
For those of you who are fans of the webcomic xkcd, you may recall the suggestion to use passphrases...
In a day filled with news of absolutely baffling decisions (Ben Affleck as Batman, really?!), it should perhaps come...
There is a document floating around with tips written by the NSA for making Macs more secure, which is...
Yesterday, Google’s Chrome team updated its web browser to Chrome version 29. The new Chrome 29.0.1547.57 for Mac (and other...