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Sunday scare: had I been hit by ransomware?

I went to close an enlarged view of a painting, and a Macintalk-like robot voice announced that my Mac was compromised.

April 18, 2016 General, Life, 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

Troubles on the BitTorrents

I would hope – with the many security issues surrounding them – that you do not use BitTorrent […]

March 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates XProtect anti-malware tool in El Capitan

On 21 January 2016, Apple pushed out a silent update to XProtect, its anti-malware protection software built into […]

January 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

The Independent newspaper blog may have ransomware attached

If you have visited the blog section of The Independent newspaper’s website in the last few weeks, you […]

December 9, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Does an air gap protect from malware?

Does it help to unplug your network connection when checking suspicious email?

November 3, 2015 Macs, Technology

How XcodeGhost changes things

As ‘the one ring to rule them all’, Apple’s Xcode SDK is in a unique position, and uniquely exposed to attack. Now that has happened.

September 23, 2015 General, 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

Q&A: Which way for malware protection?

The consensus is that Apple’s built-in malware protection is not that hot, and commercial anti-virus tools are next to useless. Does removing Java improve security more?

May 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

Gatekeeper: its defence against malware

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Apple’s products have become more popular with malware authors too. How does Yosemite improve defences against Trojans and other nasties?

April 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

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