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SilentKnight version 1.17 now available

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Improved reporting of firmware, Gatekeeper, and clearer documentation are the main improvements.

November 1, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to deal with a site with a broken certificate

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What to do when your browser complains that a website you want to visit has a problem with its certificate security.

October 30, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Silently updated security data files in Monterey

From CompatibilityNotificationData to XProtect, details of all the security data and related components in Monterey.

October 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Monterey 12.0.1, Big Sur 11.6.1 and Catalina Security Update 2021-007: a summary

If you haven’t yet installed any of the updates and upgrades released by Apple on 25 October 2021, […]

October 26, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released Monterey 12.0.1, Big Sur and Catalina security updates

As announced last week, Apple has just released the first full public release version of macOS Monterey, 12.0.1. […]

October 25, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Brolly 1.1 now does its own testing of secure connections

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Now checks which versions of TLS a server supports, and gives details of its full headers with caching disabled.

October 8, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Brolly: a utility to help understand failed secure connections

A convenient utility to check secure connections under ATS using the nscurl command tool. For El Capitan to Monterey.

October 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

How Safari 15 checks a secure connection

A detailed walk through the log shows Safari 15 checking Safe Browsing, phishing sites using ML, and performing trust evaluation of certificates.

October 4, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Web woes worsen

It should have been so easy: a quick change of Root certificate. So why all the chaos, and most of all why you mustn’t compromise your security as a result.

October 3, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Security certificates

Why do we keep having problems with security certificates when they’re just supposed to work? A look at what they do, and they work.

October 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

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