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Single Point of Failure

Most systems in everyday life had readily accessible fallbacks that you could rely on when the system of first choice was not available. We seem to have lost those now.

May 19, 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

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

Troy under seige: more tools

Updates to Patrick Wardle’s DHS utility, and a couple of AppleScript hacks to scan for suspect code.

March 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

Troy under seige: update 22 March 2015

Latest news on dylib hijacking, with a list of vulnerable apps and a free tool to inspect Disk Images for suspect contents.

March 22, 2015 Macs, Technology

Troy under seige: OS X and non-secure downloads

OS X security has just changed. Very significantly. Why downloading apps or updates over non-secure connections puts your Mac at risk.

March 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

dylib hijacking – the story develops

This is a follow-up to my previous article about DLL hacking and OS X here. Patrick Wardle of […]

March 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

DLL hacking – a new threat to OS X

It was only a matter of time before someone found a way to bypass Gatekeeper; according to Patrick […]

March 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

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