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Apple Releases Firmware Update for AirPort

Apple Releases Firmware Update for AirPort

Users of Apple's AirPort base station should make a point to install the recently released firmware update. The update, Firmware Version 7.6.7 and 7.7.7,...

Beware of Technical Support Scams

Beware of Technical Support Scams

If you've been using computers for long enough, the chances are pretty good that you, a friend, or a family member has been a victim (or almost-victim) of a...

Apple Releases Series of Patches for All Operating Systems

Apple Releases Series of Patches for All Operating Systems

If you haven't updated your Apple devices in the past month, now would be a good time. On May 16th, Apple unveiled security patches for not just one of its...

ARM-Powered Macs Are on the Way to Apple’s Product Stable

ARM-Powered Macs Are on the Way to Apple’s Product Stable

For years, Apple has been using Intel processor chipsets to power its Mac computers. According to a recent article from Computerworld, those days could soon...

What Do Our Web Browsers Really Know about Us? Pt 2/2

What Do Our Web Browsers Really Know about Us? Pt 2/2

With the rapid pace of technological development, we’re becoming increasingly concerned for our privacy in all areas of life, particularly when browsing the...

How Does the FBI Hack People?

Do you think the government respects your privacy? For a lot of people, the illusion of such a belief was shattered three years ago, when Edward Snowden leaked...

What Do Our Web Browsers Really Know About Us? Pt 1/2

What Do Our Web Browsers Really Know About Us? Pt 1/2

As we step tentatively closer to a world with cameras in just about everything (Google Glass, anyone?), privacy concerns continue to rise. While the advent of...

Why the Internet of Things May Be More Trouble Than It’s Worth

The Internet of Things is a concept that seeks to connect just about everything in our lives into one cohesive network. We already know that our smartphones,...

SecureMac interview: Dan Kusnetzky

SecureMac interview: Dan Kusnetzky

SecureMac recently caught up with Dan Kusnetzky of Virtualization Review to discuss the growing threat of ransomware, you can read all about it...

Apple Blocking Outdated Versions of Adobe Flash

Have you tried to use Adobe Flash Player on your Mac recently, only to get a message about your Flash Player plug-in being blocked or out-of-date? As of April...

Outdated Git Version in OS X Puts Developers at Risk

Update: May 4, 2016 - Apple has released an updated version of Xcode to patch this vulnerability. Users can download Xcode 7.3.1 directly from Apple's...

New iOS Threat Capable of “Bricking” iPhones and iPads

New iOS Threat Capable of “Bricking” iPhones and iPads

If you haven't updated your iPhone or iPad to the most current version of iOS—iOS 9.3.1—you should make it a priority to do so. That was the advice of...

Johns Hopkins University Team Finds Weakness in Apple Encryption

Johns Hopkins University Team Finds Weakness in Apple Encryption

The FBI was recently pushing for Apple to advertently weaken their encryption technology so that they could crack a terrorist's iPhone. But based on a recent...

Malware Scam Uses Phone GPS Data to Pose as Traffic Cops

Malware Scam Uses Phone GPS Data to Pose as Traffic Cops

Email-based scams often trick users into clicking a link by purporting to be from law enforcement agencies or police authorities. A new malware scam out of the...

Default Security Settings You Should Change on Your Mac

Default Security Settings You Should Change on Your Mac

Whether you just pulled your brand new Mac computer out of the box or are looking for ways to make your system more secure in light of recent OS X threats and...

Meet AceDeceiver: The First iOS Trojan Horse

Meet AceDeceiver: The First iOS Trojan Horse

Users of iOS devices should be on alert after the arrival of what looks like the first Trojan Horse malware developed for Apple's mobile operating system....

New Version of iOS Will Let You Know If Your Employer is Monitoring...

If your employer gave you an iPhone when they hired or promoted you, then they are free to track what you do with that phone. This statement has always been...

A pair of password stealing trojan horses from the App Store are...

If you’ve recently downloaded InstaCare - Who cares with me? or the similarly-named Who Cares With Me - InstaDetector, you might want to double-check the...

Apple: FBI Could Force Us to Turn On iPhone Cameras, Microphones

All along, Apple's biggest argument in their case against the FBI has been one of slippery slopes and escalation. The FBI wants Apple to create software that...

The DataVault Password Manager: A Review and Basic How-To Guide

Available for $9.99 from the Mac App Store, the DataVault Password Manager from Ascendo is a robust password management application that is worth the modest...

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