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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...

Are Popular Mac Apps Rendering Your Computer Unsafe?

Could you be rendering your Mac vulnerable to cyberattacks, just by running several popular applications? That's the contention being made by security...

Typosquatters Targeting Mac Users Who Mistype URLS

Another day, another Mac malware threat to be aware of. The latest threat comes in the form of typosquatters, who are targeting make users who accidentally...

Has Hacking Team Returned? New Mac Malware Suggests As Much

Last year, the spyware developer Hacking Team seemed to go down in flames after a massive internal leak exposed the company's dirty secrets for the world to...

Apple and the FBI Do Battle in Front of Congress

For weeks, Apple and the FBI have been arguing with one another over matters of privacy, cybersecurity, and national security. In February, the FBI issued a...

Apple Busts (And Then Fixes) Ethernet Ports

Apple Busts (And Then Fixes) Ethernet Ports

In an age where wireless internet is available just about everywhere, the wired Ethernet protocol may well be a technology of the past. If you were using an...

Researcher Creates Fix for Gatekeeper Problems

Researcher Creates Fix for Gatekeeper Problems

Can you count on Gatekeeper, Apple's proprietary malware blocking tool, to keep your computer safe? The jury is still out on that question, but one researcher...

KeRanger Ransomware Takes Macs Ransom for Bitcoin – Ransomware...

BitTorrent Client Exposes Users to First Known Piece of OS X Ransomware Unlucky BitTorrent users who installed the latest version of Transmission over the...

Apple Buys the Company That Built Mac Worm

Well, you could never say that Apple doesn't take security threats seriously. Last year, a security firm called LegbaCore built one of the most serious threats...

Passwords of 2015: How to Recognize Bad Passwords and Select Better...

February 22, 2016

Every year, SplashData compiles a list of the most common and least secure passwords. In January, the company unveiled their "Worst Passwords of 2015" list....

A Brief Recap of Some of 2015’s Biggest Data Breaches

January 29, 2016

In a recent feature covering some of the biggest hacks and data breaches of 2015, ZDNet dropped a chilling statistic: "Almost every American has been affected...

SecureMac Launches MacScan 3, Giving Its Flagship Mac Anti-Malware Software a Complete Makeover

SecureMac Launches MacScan 3, Giving Its Flagship Mac Anti-Malware...

January 13, 2016

Designed exclusively for Mac OS X, and including full support for Apple's latest release of OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), MacScan 3 provides protection against the...

The First Things You Should Do after Getting a New Mac

December 28, 2015

So you've just purchased a new Mac computer, be it a laptop or a desktop, and you can't wait to dive in and start moving all of your files and data over to the...

Steps for Cleaning Your Mac before Selling or Donating It

December 16, 2015

So you've decided to sell your old Mac, give it away to a friend or relative, or donate it to a school or nonprofit. Regardless of what you are planning on...

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