Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

backdoor

New OS X malware: Mokes A, a powerful backdoor

Stefan Ortloff of Kaspersky Lab’s SecureList has just announced the discovery of new malware which affects OS X, […]

September 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

What malware does XProtect you against?

An analysis of the malware which XProtect currently should protect your Mac from.

July 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

More Mac malware: OSX/Keydnap

Maybe malware is always going to come in threes. Hot on the heels of the recent announcement of […]

July 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware can open a backdoor into your system

Bitdefender Labs has announced the detection of new Mac malware, dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor, which can bypass built-in security in […]

July 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Who will bear the brunt of backdoors in encryption?

Backdoors will be exploited, and can only result in unintentional consequences. They would put the economy and society at risk.

December 21, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

How modern encryption works: iOS encryption, and AES

T T Read More

Accessible explanations of how AES encryption is performed, and how encryption works in iPhones and iPads.

November 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

An open challenge on encryption: show us

Twenty years ago, law enforcement agencies wanted backdoor access to encrypted communications. Look what happened.

November 21, 2015 General, Macs, Technology
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,875 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar