SecurityValentine’s Day 2021 is right around the corner, and the FBI is telling people to be on the lookout for romance scams. In this article, we’ll tell you what romance scams are, how they work, and how you can avoid them.
What are romance scams?
Romance scams are a kind of social engineering. In a romance scam, the scammer pretends to be romantically interested in their victim in order to gain their affection and trust. They then use the relationship to ask for money or personal information. In some romance scams, an …
February 4, 2021 •
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SecurityWe’ll look at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook this week.
February 4, 2021 •
4 min read
SecurityA new iPhone is a ton of fun — but once you have your shiny new device up and running, you should also take a few minutes to configure it for security, privacy, and performance.
February 3, 2021 •
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SecurityApple has just released macOS Big Sur 11.2 along with the related Security Update 2021-001 Catalina and Security Update 2021-001 Mojave.
February 2, 2021 •
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SecurityThis week on the Checklist, iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to discuss all things Zoom.
January 28, 2021 •
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SecurityApple has just released an important round of updates. The TL;DR is that the iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS updates address vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation (according to reports). If you have a device running any of these operating systems, you should update immediately.
In the following article, we’ll give you some additional information about the security content of these updates:
iOS and iPadOS
Apple has just released iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. The updates address two separate security issues.
First, the updates contain a fix for a kernel vulnerability. The “kernel” is …
January 27, 2021 •
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SecurityMacs work great right out of the box, but unfortunately, that leads some users to skip over important setup steps — steps that can make them safer.
January 25, 2021 •
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SecurityWe’ll look at various states of data, what we have to worry about, and what we can do to mitigate that worry. Plus – A followup to Apple flouting the firewall.
January 21, 2021 •
7 min read
SecurityWhatsApp has been in the news a lot over the past week, with critics alleging that the popular Facebook-owned messaging app has become a threat to user privacy.
January 21, 2021 •
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SecurityThe COVID-19 vaccines are here, but there have been serious issues with availability and distribution. Sadly, the bad guys are taking advantage of the situation — and of people’s anxieties — with new COVID-19 vaccine scams.
Here’s what to watch out for, and how to stay safe:
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January 18, 2021 •
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SecurityWith a new year just underway, we thought we’d look back at five big Mac malware stories for 2020. We’ll talk about FinSpy, GravityRAT, XCSSET, ThiefQuest, and Shlayer.
January 14, 2021 •
7 min read
SecurityAdobe Flash reached its end-of-life (EOL) on December 31, 2020, and as of January 12, 2021, any remaining Flash Player installations will be blocked from playing content.
January 11, 2021 •
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SecurityIt’s the perfect time to make positive changes, so this week we’re bringing you two cybersecurity-themed New Year’s resolutions that will help keep you safe through 2021 and beyond.
January 7, 2021 •
11 min read
SecurityWe’ll look back at 5 of the most significant Mac malware finds of 2020.
January 4, 2021 •
10 min read
SecurityIn something of a reversal of the general trend for last year, a lot of that Apple news was actually good news as well!
December 29, 2020 •
7 min read
SecurityVoices of Checklists passed tell us about their favorite hacker movies, including Hackers, WarGames, Sneakers, and Superman III. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what can we learn from them? Snuggle up for The Hacky Holidays Special.
December 24, 2020 •
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SecuritySecurity researchers have uncovered a surveillance campaign aimed at journalists in the Middle East, claiming that a zero-click iMessage exploit was used to hack their iPhones.stock
December 23, 2020 •
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SecurityType:
Keylogger
Platform:
Mac OS X
Last updated:
02/09/16 9:14 pm
Threat Level:
High
Description
Able is a keylogger which runs on macOS 10.5 and later. Like all keystroke loggers, it can be used to monitor the activities of any computer on which it is installed. Able requires administrative permissions for installation and log viewing. Once installed, Able can record all keystrokes entered on the host computer, with the exception of those entered in password fields. The software creates detailed, password-protected log records of all system users which are only accessible to the person who installed the software. In …
December 20, 2020 •
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SecurityIn mid-December, security analysts announced a serious data breach at two U.S. government departments. The SolarWinds hack has turned out to be one of the most far-reaching and sophisticated cyberattacks ever carried out against the U.S. government — the full impact of which now appears to go well beyond what was initially suspected.
In the past few days, we’ve learned more about the incident, including the scope, the attack vector, and the likely culprits. In what follows, we’ll try to answer some of the most common questions that people have been …
December 18, 2020 •
5 min read
SecurityThe holidays! A time of love, warmth, and good cheer. Also, prime time for scammers. We’ll look at some delivery scams and how to avoid them.
December 17, 2020 •
9 min read