VideoLAN Releases Security Update to VLC Media Player
VideoLAN has released version 1.1.9 of its popular VLC media player, a tool for playing back multiple audio and...
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,...
VideoLAN has released version 1.1.9 of its popular VLC media player, a tool for playing back multiple audio and...
Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Reports are coming in of a number of Skype users getting calls via Skype telling them that they have...
makeuseof is running a contest, together with Intego, to win one of 25 copies of Washing Machine, the great...
Many of the articles here on the Mac Security Blog inform you of security updates to software. These may...
Last week, Epsilon, a major e-mail marketing firm, suffered a serious data breach, whereby hackers obtained e-mail addresses and...
Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Google’s Chrome browser has added a built-in check for plugins to determine which are out of date. If it...
We reported on a barely-threatening remote administration tool, called BlackHole RAT, in late February. At the time, this was...
Intego today announced that Washing Machine, the company’s popular program that cleans up files left behind by web browsers...
Hot on the heels of an update just over a week ago, Google has issued another security fix for...
When you surf the web, you trust certain web sites where you provide confidential information, such as credit card...