Johannes Ullrich has just reported some scareware which could trouble OS X users. This is detailed in his […]
security
In-app update systems can be vulnerable to attack, if they do not use secure connections throughout.
A serious vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL in the New Year. Although the conditions in which it is […]
Sometimes cached data are not as concealed or transient as we might wish. Don’t get cached out by them.
Perhaps not as effective as one of the better anti-virus apps, it is free and built into OS X.
On 21 January 2016, Apple pushed out a silent update to XProtect, its anti-malware protection software built into […]
What is Apple’s dark secret about OS X 10.11.3? Or was it just a failure in documentation?
Amazingly, Adobe is still updating its venerable Flash Player: version 20.0.0.286 is now available from here, and promises […]
The update was over 600 MB: here is a fuller list of what it actually updated.
Oracle has released Java versions 8u71 and 8u72, which fix several significant bugs and patch important vulnerabilities. All […]
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