Mac OS X Installed Base Nearly 11% in US
Ars Technica looks at some figures regarding OS penetration in the US, as provided by web analytics firm Quantcast,...
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...
Cookie-Bite proves what we already knew: browser extensions can be very dangerous to your security and privacy. Learn how malware extensions can steal session cookies and let hackers sign into your accounts.
Ars Technica looks at some figures regarding OS penetration in the US, as provided by web analytics firm Quantcast,...
NOTE: A version of this article is now available for OS X Mavericks Parental Controls vs. Intego Family Protector X8. Please refer to...
Cory Doctorow, author and BoingBoing editor, is not fresh off the boat onto the Internet. Yet it turns out...
OpenOffice.org has issued version 3.2 of its productivity suite, which contains a half-dozen security fixes. In addition to a...
The Mozilla Foundation has issue security updates for older versions of its Firefox browser, patching versions 3 and 3.5...
Adobe has issued a security bulletin announcing security fixes for its Reader and Acrobat software. This follows a recent...
Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Google Buzz, the recently-announced social networking tool, designed to integrate with Gmail, the company’s free, web-based e-mail, has had...
The Redmond Pie website is reporting that Apple may be banning jailbroken iPhones from the App Store. Two people...
Maybe it’s not such a good idea to only plan security updates once a quarter. Adobe, who began using...
Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Google recently announced that they would be paying people who find security-related bugs in its Chrome browser. Payments would...