A few weeks ago an IT admin at a university discovered a piece of Mac malware that, until then, no-one was aware of. As it was likely part of a targeted attack, not a single antivirus solution knew of it so no protection was offered against it. The malware was discovered because the network security ...
Spammers have found a way to get spam into your calendar and all you have to do to facilitate it, is simply by receiving their email. macOS and iOS automatically scan your emails for events, dates and times that are mentioned and creates a calendar event for you. A very handy feature but now spammers ...
Last week Apple announced the new MacBook Pro. A revolutionary new way to use your Mac with Touch Bar, the ultimate tool of every trade, the brightest and most colorful display yet, more responsive keyboard, more expansive trackpad, it’s thinner, it’s lighter…. and costs you over $4300 if you want the best configuration available. Yup, ...
Click here to see the changes, updates and notes. March 2, 2017: Based on a conversation and email correspondence with Gabriel Weinberg in December ’16, as well as several emails and follow up emails with DDG and StartPage and additional research: – Added a note regarding ixquick.eu in the intro. – Changed “Look and Feel ...
This week a security issue was found with the way iTunes secures iOS 10 device backups. Described as a “major security flaw” by Elcomsoft this issue allows an attacker to attempt and break the passcode on the backup 2500 times faster than before. For some reason Apple uses an alternative password verification method for iOS ...
Today is the day, the latest Mac operating system hits the virtual shelves in the afternoon and we will be updating our Macs en masse because who doesn’t want to play with Siri on the Mac! Of course you don’t need to read this post, just update as soon as you see Sierra pop up ...
Covering the webcam on your computer is a good idea. Don’t take my word for it, just see what FBI Director James Comey has to say about it: There’s some sensible things you should be doing, and that’s one of them,” Comey said regarding webcam covers. “You go into any government office and we all have the ...
UPDATE: It appears the issues described in this post have been resolved. Enjoy iOS 10! iOS 10 was just released and a lot of people jumped on it immediately. As a consultant I do as well so that if there are issues I can notify my clients. The update downloaded quick and took about 5 ...
Flash Player, a lot has been said about it for many years and none of it is good. Most people are now programmed to tune out the words “Flash Player” in the media because of the incredible amounts of times it’s mentioned. I have already made my case and stopped posting about Flash Player updates ...
