Why You Should Think Twice Before You Bring Your Device to Work
Bringing personal devices into a work environment can be a legal minefield, no two ways about it. Rather than...
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,...
Bringing personal devices into a work environment can be a legal minefield, no two ways about it. Rather than...
Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Security is always a tricky balance between usability and protection. If you err too far on the side of...
Yesterday brought us yet more hardware upgrades from Apple with a new generation of the iPad, Mac Mini, Macbook...
Apple takes security very seriously, we all know that. Macs have long been advertised as being immune to viruses,...
Today Adobe released security updates for its Shockwave Player plugin for Macintosh and Windows platforms. This update patches six...
Maybe I’ve been lucky, or maybe I’ve just not pressed my luck. I used to see Blue Screens of...
Yesterday Oracle released Java SE 7u9 for Mac and other operating systems, issuing a critical patch update to address...
Those of us in the anti-malware industry spend a lot of time talking about financially motivated malware. For those...
Security & Privacy + Security News
A few months ago we wrote about “Do Not Track,” a web browser setting that users can enable if...
Update – October 15, 2012 Upon further analysis, it’s been determined that this trojan is the Java RAT (aka...