A new file in the latest XProtect data is set to protect private data used by eight widely used third-party apps, including popular web browsers. But which version of macOS will do this?
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When you need to check what’s in a potential phishing email, run a locked-down virtual machine for safety, as explained here.
Although easy to add to documents, Finder comments work strangely, and can prove fragile. They can also be used to conceal malicious code by steganography, but there are better options.
For the first 17 years, Macs got by perfectly well without a command line. Apple’s server admin apps featured extensive GUIs, and saved admins from using Terminal. But now even Apple tells folk to practise for ClickFix.
ClickFix attacks are attracting considerable engineering effort at detection, and warning users when they could be running into danger. But what is being done to prevent users from being prey to them?
Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5330, […]
This week’s XProtect update is important in extending its ability to check scripts now popular in malware. These are run when macOS is preparing to run a script.
Follow a sponsored result in Google to a page in Medium that provides a Terminal command that you will live to regret. And what is Marek’s disease?
What can you do to protect your Mac when a stranger asks you to take a look at a document or app? Two alternatives for doing this is safety, rather than risk being victim to a phishing attack.
Do you check XProtect Remediator scans using XProCheck on your laptop Mac? How often are its scans run there, daily or erratically?
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