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Scammed and scarred: a cautionary tale

Today I had an anguished phone call from a dear friend who, just a few days ago, succumbed to a phishing attack. He was electronically mugged, and no one cares.

May 1, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Gatekeeper: its defence against malware

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Apple’s products have become more popular with malware authors too. How does Yosemite improve defences against Trojans and other nasties?

April 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Who is using my address for spam?

Q I have just been ‘returned’ hundreds of apparently undelivered email messages that I never sent, from Gmail […]

April 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Objective-See Knock Knock – checking for persistence

Knock Knock will not stop malware from getting past the gates of Troy (only Apple can really address that), but at least it lets you know which horses are made of wood.

April 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

OS X now blocks Flash Player prior to 17.0.0.169 and 13.0.0.281

As of 21 April 2015, OS X now blocks any version of Adobe’s Flash Player prior to version […]

April 22, 2015 Macs, Technology

Lost in the Cloud: Securing Protected Data in a Mobile World

Yosemite’s iCloud Drive has drawn even more of our documents and data into the Cloud. But what if our data has personal or sensitive content?

April 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Firewalls – Keeping Your Network Safe

For most, our firewall is the most robust protection between us and the Internet. But it is not just a case of set and forget.

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Java update 8u45

Oracle has released a new build of Java, designated 8u45, which contains important and strongly recommended security updates. […]

April 14, 2015 Macs

Protecting Vulnerable Data

How should you protect documents containing sensitive information from loss or theft?

April 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Troy under seige: OS X 10.10.3 is no defence

One of the security fixes announced in OS X 10.10.3 was a puzzle. In the words of Apple’s […]

April 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

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