SecurityJune 27, 2013 – SecureMac, the leading provider in Mac OS X security and privacy, announced today that PrivacyScan 1.2 has added a new demo option and purchasing option for users. PrivacyScan, recently nominated for Best Consumer Software for the 18th Annual Macworld Awards, is now aiming to extend its positive consumer experience to all users.
PrivacyScan works by searching for known applications that leave files on your computer which could lead to the exposure of your most private and confidential information. PrivacyScan offers a variety of choices for cleaning, from …
June 27, 2013 •
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SecuritySecureMac announced today that PrivacyScan, the online and offline privacy application to seek and destroy privacy threats while clearing up valuable hard disk space, has been nominated for Macworld UK’s 2013 award in the Best Consumer Software category. PrivacyScan made the shortlist for the 18th annual Macworld UK awards ‘Best Consumer Software’ category ranking with 10 of the industry’s leading software titles. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony the evening of June 20, 2013, at The Royal Garden Hotel in London.
June 18, 2013 •
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SecurityWe created an infographic to help show an assortment of statistics highlighting the changes in both mobile OS popularity and the malware that associated with each over the past three years. In addition, many different events occurred in 2012 that show the different ways in which Cyber Espionage has evolved through mobile. Kaspersky Labs provided some of the statistics and key information that make up this infographic. Their original article is a fantastic, but technical read that I suggest you check out here:
May 20, 2013 •
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SecuritySecureMac announces the release of PrivacyScan 1.2, a specialized app to seek and destroy privacy threats for the Mac, now available in the Mac App Store. PrivacyScan is a utility designed for people who value privacy and want to keep their online and offline experiences to themselves. PrivacyScan has been met with critical acclaim, including being awarded Best of Show for Macworld | iWorld by Macworld UK, Editor’s Choice Award — Macworld UK, Mac Gem for Macworld GemFest 2012, a 5 Mouse Rating from Macworld UK, 5/5 Mice from Macworld …
March 26, 2013 •
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Security5 Easy Tips to Keep Your Mac Secure in 2013 has been published and is now available for immediate implementation to help keep you secure this New Year! Which methods are you already using and how do you rank?
January 8, 2013 •
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SecuritySecurity researcher Israel Torres for SecureMac has published his latest piece about OS X security entitled 10 Security Tips for Safe Computing for OS X Mountain Lion. The in-depth article covers many aspects of OS X’s built-in security features and how to use them to your benefit.
November 28, 2012 •
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SecurityAugust 10, 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada – SecureMac releases MacScan 2.9.4 offering full Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) support as well as interface updates and enhanced support for both Firefox and SeaMonkey web browsers. The latest version also adds the latest definitions to protect against the malware affecting Mac OS X and has been featured in the August 2012 issue of Macworld as “Hot Stuff — What We’re Raving about This Month.”
MacScan 2.9.4 is immediately available for download to try for 30 days or purchase for $39.99. …
August 10, 2012 •
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SecurityMac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) inherently contains many desired security features; however it takes a few moments for the user to enable most of them. It’s the ideology of convenience versus security and as it is well known Macs are quite convenient. This article will discuss how to further harden the Mac OS X environment and raise users up a few notches from the low-hanging fruit category.
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Built-in – Using the operating system’s native toolset available for the user to configure and raise the security posture from its default ‘convenient’ …
May 12, 2012 •
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SecurityPrivacyScan 1.1, Privacy Protection for Your Mac, is now available in the Mac App Store with new and improved privacy cleaning features. PrivacyScan protects online and offline privacy by shredding files that can be used to track your web browsing and computer usage. PrivacyScan’s shred functionality is able to overwrite sensitive data up to 35 passes!
April 11, 2012 •
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SecurityFrom Doctor Web, the Russian anti-virus vendor—”conducted a research to determine the scale of spreading of Trojan BackDoor.Flashback that infects computers running Mac OS X. Now BackDoor.Flashback botnet encompasses more than 550 000 infected machines, most of which are located in the United States and Canada. This once again refutes claims by some experts that there are no cyber-threats to Mac OS X.”
April 4, 2012 •
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SecuritySecureMac has learned of a new piece of Mac malware that is currently in the wild and infecting computers running OS X. As first reported at http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/alienvault-research-used-as-lure-in-targeted-attacks/ this piece of malware exploits a vulnerability in computers running older, unpatched versions of Java.
March 20, 2012 •
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SecuritySecureMac is honored and humbled that Macworld UK has awarded PrivacyScan as Best of Show winner for Macworld | iWorld this year. PrivacyScan gives peace of mind to the privacy-conscious user by ensuring that potential threats, both online and offline, are eradicated with multiple levels of secure delete file shredding.
March 15, 2012 •
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SecuritySecureMac has released PrivacyScan 1.0.1, Privacy Protection for Your Mac available for download immediately from the Mac App Store . PrivacyScan has seen top rankings on the Mac App Store, during first launch at Macworld 2012 the program took placement #7 in the Top Paid Apps and #1 in Utilities across the board. The latest version of PrivacyScan adds bug fixes and is available for free to existing users.
February 8, 2012 •
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SecurityPrivacyScan, Privacy Protection for Your Mac, is now available on the Mac App Store. PrivacyScan protects online and offline privacy by shredding files that can be used to track your web browsing and computer usage. Going above and beyond United States DoD (Department of Defense) government standards, PrivacyScan’s shred feature can overwrite data with up to 35 passes! Check it out on the Mac App Store or visit the PrivacyScan homepage.
January 26, 2012 •
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SecuritySecureMac will be exhibiting at Macworld | iWorld 2012 (January 26th – 28th) in San Francisco, California. PrivacyScan, the latest in privacy software will be released at the show and demonstrated at booth #442. The team will also be demonstrating the latest version of MacScan, giving away goodies and talking security. Be sure to stop by the booth, and to learn more about PrivacyScan be sure to follow PrivacyScan on Facebook and Twitter.
January 8, 2012 •
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SecuritySecureMac is celebrating the release of MacScan 2.9.2 and offering users a free 30-day trial to audit their computer’s security for malware and privacy threats. The latest version adds additional browser support, scheduler bug fixes, interface changes and the latest definitions to protect against the malware affecting Mac OS X. Download MacScan Now
December 20, 2011 •
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SecuritySecureMac will be exhibiting at MacWorld | iWorld in San Francisco, Ca. January 26th – 28th 2012 located at booth 442. If you haven’t pre-registered for the event already you still have a chance to get free expo hall passes by following @SecureMac on Twitter and on Facebook. We will be announcing new products at the show so be sure to stay connected!
December 15, 2011 •
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SecuritySecureMac is celebrating the release of MacScan 2.9.1, the latest version of it’s award-winning anti-malware privacy and security software for Mac OS X. The Download, Tweet and Win! Campaign allows Mac users the opportunity to download MacScan and audit their computer for security threats and privacy issues such as tracking cookies and tweet their results for a chance to win great prizes such as a MacBook Air, MacScan licenses and gift cards to favorite retailers.
The contest is now over. Thank you to everyone who participated!
September 30, 2011 •
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SecurityApple has released Mac OS X 10.7 also known as Lion available through the Mac App Store as a download for $29.99 USD.
August 21, 2011 •
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