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Apple, Secret Squirrels, and updates

What is Apple’s dark secret about OS X 10.11.3? Or was it just a failure in documentation?

January 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player update 20.0.0.286

Amazingly, Adobe is still updating its venerable Flash Player: version 20.0.0.286 is now available from here, and promises […]

January 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

So what was all OS X 10.11.3 about? The real list of updates

The update was over 600 MB: here is a fuller list of what it actually updated.

January 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

Java 8u71 and 8u72 now available

Oracle has released Java versions 8u71 and 8u72, which fix several significant bugs and patch important vulnerabilities. All […]

January 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X 10.11.3 update (updated), and Security Update 2016-001

Apple has just released the update to El Capitan, bringing it to OS X 10.11.3, which is available […]

January 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

What needs to be done in OS X 10.12?

It’s not just about pretty screen fonts: OS X 10.12 needs to re-engineer its security.

January 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

How secure are your secure connections?

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Nearly one in five websites fails to offer robust secure connections. Isn’t it time to do something about this, to prevent problems?

January 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

The Steam Christmas breach: more details and a call to action

It turns out that Steam’s leak of personal data was very large, did contain sensitive personal information, and was the result of a denial of service attack. Has it been reported, though?

December 31, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player updated for the last time (in 2015 at least)

Adobe has issued what must be the last update to Flash Player – for this year, at least. […]

December 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

Unexpected Christmas presents: how Steam served the wrong user data

A single point of failure which discarded all privacy protection is hardly an example of good design.

December 27, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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