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Apple pushes silent protection updates

In the last day or so, Apple has pushed out three silent updates to the hidden security protection […]

September 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

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

Another malicious version of Transmission

You may recall an earlier infected version of the BitTorrent client Transmission. History has now almost repeated itself: […]

August 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

Is crapware now the price of blocking tracking?

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Are advertisers now deliberately delivering unwanted crapware to those using ad and tracker blockers?

August 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

New Mac malware: Mac File Opener, or OSX.FakeFileOpener

Thomas Reed, of Malwarebytes Labs, has recently announced detection of new malware which runs on OS X, including […]

August 23, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Banned browser extensions

XProtect also protects your Mac from many adware and other unwanted Safari extensions. Here is the list, and details of them.

August 2, 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

Last week on my Mac: a new surge in malware?

Roundup of recent Mac news, looking particularly at two new varieties of malware, and how widespread and threatening they are.

July 10, 2016 General, 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

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