What is Multi-Factor Authentication, and How Will It Change in the Future?
Are we all sick of password security lessons yet? After all the discussion of recent security breaches and Mat...
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,...
Are we all sick of password security lessons yet? After all the discussion of recent security breaches and Mat...
On Tuesday, Adobe released security updates for its Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Reader, and Acrobat programs. Available for computers...
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If you’ve ever found yourself reading an article or watching a news segment on computer security, you’ve probably heard...
Blizzard Entertainment, creators of World of Warcraft and Diablo III, was hacked this week. As the creators of such incredibly...
Google has updated its Chrome web browser to version 21.0.1180.75 for Mac and Linux, fixing two high-level vulnerabilities. These...
When Apple introduced iCloud in June 2011, they established not only a successor to their popular but troubled Mobile...
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This past week, writer Mat Honan had the unthinkable happen. Someone got into his iCloud account, and they were...
Opera has updated its web browser to version 12.01 for Mac, a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements....
Earlier this month, Dropbox was investigating an issue where users were receiving spam at email addresses they only used...
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NOTE: A version of this article is now available for macOS Sierra. Please refer to this article instead: What to Do...