In this update no new samples were added and since last test not much has changed, just a few slight shifts in ranking. G Data AntiVirus for Mac was added to the test and almost made it to the top of 80% or better detection rates. While this newcomer to the test did not manage ...
Yesterday I read an interesting article that shows a backdoor was found in some Linksys and Netgear routers. I followed this for a day and found many people around the world jumped on this immediately and started testing their own hardware to see what other routers may be vulnerable. As it tuns out, more than ...
2013 flew by! I started this blog in March, feels like it was last week. Last year was an interesting one mostly thanks to Edward Snowden and his revelations. Most people are more aware of their privacy and security (or lack there of) and are looking to get back as much of it as they ...
On December 5th, 2013 Troy Hunt launched a new website haveibeenpwned.com. This website allows anyone to enter their email address to see if it has been part of a data breach in the past. The vast number of email addresses on file come from leaks the hackers post online after a breach, these can be ...
I have covered Activity Monitor before in an article you can find here but Apple has completely redesigned the utility in Mavericks so a new article was in order. It is still not a security tool per se but it can help you identify processes that really should not be there. Opening Activity Monitor for ...
Yesterday Lysa Myers, a former senior security analyst at Intego and currently a security researcher at ESET, posted an article to Intego’s blog; Why You Need an Outbound Firewall. The article starts with the following phrase “Outbound firewall protection is arguably the more important component of two-way firewall software, at least from an anti-malware perspective.” ...
Yesterday Mavericks received it’s first update 10.9.1. Here are the details. Improved support for Gmail in OS X Mail, and fixes for users with custom Gmail settings Improves the reliability of Smart Mailboxes and search in Mail Fixes an issue that prevented contact groups from working properly in Mail Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver ...
A small update to include the newest AV for Mac; AVG AntiVirus for Mac. I had high hopes for AVG as it is my AV of choice for Windows but for Mac it does not do too well. It’s debut detection rate was 59%, putting it behind McAfee even. AVG for Mac has no controls ...
Today was “Patch Tuesday” and Adobe released fixes for it’s Flash and Shockwave players. You can update your Flash player through System preferences > Flash Player > Advanced or download it from the adobe website here. After updating the version should read 11.9.900.170. The latest Shockwave player (version 12.0.7.148) can be downloaded here. Firefox, which ...
This post is not really about security, not sure how to categorize it but as I had some time on my hands with nothing better to do I figured, what the heck. This post is about hard drives, why I choose one over the other, how I use them and how I discard them eventually. ...