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Monitoring Your Children Online

Monitoring Your Children Online

November 25, 2015

Modern parents face at least one challenge that their parents probably never had to deal with: the Internet. Kids these days spend a lot of their time...

Welcome to the new face of security

November 24, 2015

SecureMac News, Reviews & Advisories We’ve migrated our news and advisories into a dedicated area on SecureMac. Now you can quickly access the latest...

Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit for “Wi-Fi Assist” Feature

Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit for “Wi-Fi Assist”...

November 22, 2015

Did Apple make a grievous error with the design of its most recent mobile device operating system, iOS 9? After launching iOS 9 in September, alongside the...

How to Select a Strong Password (and Password Manager App)

How to Select a Strong Password (and Password Manager App)

November 20, 2015

Let's just call a spade a spade: passwords are among the most irritating things about living in the digital age. Trying to remember even one or two...

Apple Updates to Patch Security Flaws for iOS and OS X

Apple Updates to Patch Security Flaws for iOS and OS X

November 17, 2015

Apple's latest mobile and desktop operating systems, iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, launched in the second half of September. As of October 22nd, Apple has...

Creating Password Protected Disk Images on Mac

Creating Password Protected Disk Images on Mac

November 13, 2015

Creating a disk image is a method often used for system backup, and can essentially clone your hard drive by copying the contents and structure of the disk and...

8 Tips to Keep your Mac Happy, Healthy, and Safe

8 Tips to Keep your Mac Happy, Healthy, and Safe

November 6, 2015

Macs are sleek and slick computers that can run well for years after you take them out of the box. Like all other computers, though, your Mac is not immune to...

4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Apple’s iCloud Keychain Feature

4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Apple’s iCloud...

October 27, 2015

Note: This page refers to older versions of Keychain. We have an updated (2021) article about iCloud Keychain features. Even if you don't use it, you...

How to configure Mac OS X Firewall

How to configure Mac OS X Firewall

August 15, 2015

Unlike the firewall settings in Windows, the built-in firewall for Mac OS X is not enabled by default. If you've recently purchased a new Mac computer, then...

Recovering a Lost or Stolen iPhone

August 13, 2015

It goes without saying that the sleek, lightweight, and attractive design of the iPhones makes it an ideal smartphone choice for many. Unfortunately, those...

Newly Discovered OS X Security Flaw Could Give Hackers an Easy Way to Take Control of Your System

Newly Discovered OS X Security Flaw Could Give Hackers an Easy Way to...

August 12, 2015

If you by chance haven't updated to Mac OS X 10.10 just yet (e.g., the Yosemite operating system update that first became available last October), then you may...

MacKeeper URL handler remote code execution vulnerability and proof-of-concept (Zero-Day)

MacKeeper URL handler remote code execution vulnerability and...

Security Advisory update issued: 05/08/2015 MacKeeper has posted an advisory on their blog detailing the security issue and the steps they have taken in...

Shoring up your Mac’s Security in Yosemite

Shoring up your Mac’s Security in Yosemite

Anyone who’s used a Mac for any length of time knows that comfy, secure feeling you get when logging into OS X. It’s great. And best of all, it’s...

What Will You do for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month?

What Will You do for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month?

October 24, 2014

It’s often easy to overlook the importance of online security, but when you consider the cost of cybercrime is estimated between $24 billion and $120 billion...

Behind the Scenes with Private Browsing

September 24, 2014

As the leading contenders in the web browser industry (such as Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox) began battling for the hearts and...

OSX/CoinThief Manual Identification and Removal Instructions

OSX/CoinThief Manual Identification and Removal Instructions

February 9, 2014

Updated: February 12, 2014 OSX/CoinThief has been distributed under four different names so far: BitVanity, StealthBit, Bitcoin Ticker TTM, and Litecoin...

New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered

New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered

Malware: OSX/CoinThief.A Date Discovered: February 9th, 2014 Updated: February 13, 2014 Added: Feb 13th 2014: Wednesday evening, Apple updated XProtect to...

PrivacyScan Available on Apple’s Volume Purchase Program

PrivacyScan Available on Apple’s Volume Purchase Program

November 12, 2013

SecureMac’s award winning PrivacyScan software can now be downloaded in volume by schools, businesses and other organizations via the Apple Volume Purchase...

PrivacyScan Publishes Infographic Explaining Net Cookies to Raise Awareness of Privacy Issues

PrivacyScan Publishes Infographic Explaining Net Cookies to Raise...

October 18, 2013

For immediate release October 18, 2013 Summary: SecureMac continues its work to raise awareness of online privacy issues with the release of an internet...

CNet Adware Identification and Removal Guide for Mac OS X

CNet Adware Identification and Removal Guide for Mac OS X

October 13, 2013

The links for many popular Mac apps on CNET's download.com have been replaced with a "CNET installer" that installs toolbar adware and changes browser...

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