Cross-Platform Adware Poses as Flash Player Update
Once again, fraudulent developers are attempting to fool people into installing their adware by signing their file—which pretends to...
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,...
Once again, fraudulent developers are attempting to fool people into installing their adware by signing their file—which pretends to...
When we last heard from the researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, they were demonstrating a proof of concept...
This has been an interesting month, with news about hacking a variety of unusual things. People have hacked cars,...
It’s that time of year again – time for a significant portion of the population to get ready to...
Last week, Mozilla released Firefox 23 for Mac OS X, which included 13 fixes for known vulnerabilities (4 Critical,...
As of yesterday, it got a little less convenient to encrypt email end-to-end, as both Lavabit and Silent Circle...
Spammers have a tendency to attempt to exploit any medium in order to drive traffic to their sites. Everyone...
So apparently this is the week I get to harp on the necessity of reading news with a soupçon...
Some of the most noteworthy malware were likely considered a failure by their authors. Flashback, for instance, turned out...
In one of my previous incarnations within the security industry, I was on the receiving end of a lot...