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Last Week on My Mac: Malware has got the upper hand

Most current strategies for detecting and dealing with malware are flawed, and cannot keep pace with new malware variants. What would be better?

May 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect and MRT for OSX/Dok malware

Apple has, over the last 24 hours, pushed silent updates which address the threat from the latest OSX/Dok […]

April 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple updates macOS Malware Removal Tool

Apple has just updated the macOS Malware Removal Tool, MRT, bringing it to version 1.15. That new version […]

April 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 3.3 update now available, adding help and tooltips

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This new version includes its docs as a Help Book, and adds Tooltips to explain the output and controls.

March 15, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Silence is not golden

Did Apple’s last silent security updates bring protection against Fruitfly/Quimitchin? How can we tell?

January 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent security updates

Overnight, Apple has pushed out silent updates to El Capitan and Sierra security protection data. MRT Configuration Data […]

January 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 2.0: a quick check of more macOS security protection systems (update)

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Here’s a new version of this utility to check whether SIP and other security systems are active.

December 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

LockRattler: a quick check of macOS security protection systems

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Is your Mac properly locked down with Apple’s security protection systems? Here’s a free tool to check most of them out.

December 20, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple silently updates XProtect and MRT security protection

Today, Apple has again silently updated two sets of configuration data for the security protection built into macOS […]

November 18, 2016 Macs, Technology

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