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The Three XProtects of Christmas

What you need to know about the 3 XProtects: classic, Remediator and BehaviourService, and full details of what we know about XPR 122.

December 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Breaking the silence

What’s the cost in terms of lost performance of these new anti-malware scans, and how do we get told of their results?

September 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

New macOS Malware: OSX/Dok (updated)

Ofer Caspi, of the Check Point malware research team, has published details of new malware targeting macOS and […]

April 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Key security tools for Sierra

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Which anti-virus and security products should you use? Here are some recommendations to keep the malware at bay.

April 25, 2017 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

Tools to calm your panic, and to protect

Choosing which security tools to use from Objective-See, and when to use them.

April 19, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The adware has come

Like colds and flu, adware is succeeding where proper malware does not. However its consequences can be as serious.

April 7, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Who SUIDs?

Which apps SUID and can be ignored in Disk Utility logs?

September 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Coming fix for ‘dyld’ vulnerability in OS X 10.10

You may have read of the recently disclosed ‘dyld’ privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X 10.10. This was […]

August 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

New security threats: MacKeeper exploit and more to come?

Phishing attacks are being launched against MacKeeper, and there is a more theoretical problem with sandboxing.

June 19, 2015 Macs, Technology
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