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More new malware: OSX.Dok.B or OSX.Bella, but we’re already protected

Apple’s recent updates to XProtect and MRT covered not only OSX/Dok, the new Trojan discovered by Ofer Caspi […]

May 1, 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

New macOS Malware: OSX/Dok (updated)

Ofer Caspi, of the Check Point malware research team, has published details of new malware targeting macOS and […]

April 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra’s System Integrity Protection (SIP): beyond root

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Why can’t you restore Chess.app from a backup, or trash Text Edit? How should you check that SIP’s protection is enabled on your Mac?

April 28, 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

Key security tools for Sierra

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Which anti-virus and security products should you use? Here are some recommendations to keep the malware at bay.

April 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Adobe Updates Flash Player to 25.0.0.163

Adobe has released another update to Flash Player, bringing it to version 25.0.0.163. The installer is available from […]

April 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Unicode spoofing: when an аррӏе isn’t an apple at all

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The word looks identical, but uses different Unicode characters. How can you tell the difference? There are important security implications, and more.

April 22, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Oracle releases Java update

Oracle has released Java version 8u131, available from here. Among its improvements are limitations on MD5 signing of […]

April 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: No normal user

Why does almost every Mac user use their system in an admin role? Shouldn’t macOS encourage us to be ‘normal’ users?

April 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

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