Adobe has released an updated version of its Flash Player, bringing it to version 28.0.0.161. This fixes a […]
security
Have you used an online update service in the past? After last week’s security breach at MacUpdate, now is the time to stop. For your own protection.
Did you download and install any Mac software from the MacUpdate site on the first or second of […]
We can quantitate the risks of cracking conventional passwords. AI-based systems using biometrics are known to be brittle, and to have exploitable blind spots. Can we trust them in security systems?
How the two user modes differ, what iCloud Drive does to files transferred between two different clients, and an apparently unique tag it applies to apps which pass through.
More mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre, EFI updates, and steady progress in High Sierra are all very promising. So where does that put macOS 10.14?
Gatekeeper doesn’t seem interested in extended attributes attached to the contents of signed apps – the signature remains valid. Could this be exploited?
An odd problem: you try running an old installer and it crashes. There’s nothing actually wrong with the installer, it’s just that the rules have changed.
Mac firmware had become a real mess, and would have made firmware malware a nightmare. Over the last few months, Apple engineers have at last got a grip.
OS X El Capitan Security Update 2018-001 is, I think, the most substantial update to 10.11.6 since 2016, […]
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