The Little Snitch app is an application firewall that is great for monitoring and controlling how the apps on your Mac can connect to and use the internet. However, according to a recent report from Threatpost, the application might be vulnerable itself. Discovered by researcher…
August 2, 2016 • 2 min readEffective August 1, 2016, support for MacScan 2 software has officially ended. This means that SecureMac is no longer providing technical support or malware definition, tracking cookie blacklist, or program updates for MacScan 2. We have been strongly encouraging existing users of MacScan 2 to…
August 1, 2016 • 2 min readAs always, Apple unveiled a slew of intriguing new announcements at their annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Among the headline-worthy revelations were the new versions of the Apple Watch, an overhauled Apple Music app, and the “raise and wake” feature of iOS 10. Perhaps…
July 27, 2016 • 3 min readApple recently released the latest round of security updates for all of its operating systems and key software programs. The updates all hit the web on July 18th and are officially available for download as we speak. Here’s a brief rundown of each update, what…
July 21, 2016 • 3 min readLas Vegas, NV, June 28, 2016 – SecureMac, one of the key contributors in the Mac security world, today announced the launch of its Affiliate Partner Program in conjunction with FastSpring. The new program allows qualified affiliates the opportunity to partner with SecureMac and earn…
June 28, 2016 • 2 min readUsers 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, corrects a vulnerability with DNS data parsing that resulted in memory corruption. The vulnerability could also have allowed for arbitrary code…
June 27, 2016 • 2 min readIf 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 technical support scam. There are many variations of these scams. Sometimes, your computer screen might get…
June 8, 2016 • 3 min readIf 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 operating systems, but for all of them. Last Monday, Apple unveiled security patches for not…
June 7, 2016 • 3 min readFor years, Apple has been using Intel processor chipsets to power its Mac computers. According to a recent article from Computerworld, those days could soon come to an end. The author cited the words of technology analyst Ben Bajarin, who suggested that Apple’s dedication to…
June 6, 2016 • 2 min readWith the rapid pace of technological development, we’re becoming increasingly concerned for our privacy in all areas of life, particularly when browsing the web. In part one of this article, we took a look at the specific information and data stored by our web browsers….
June 4, 2016 • 4 min read
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 thousands of pages of documents about the NSA’s spying programs. But the NSA isn’t the only government…
May 31, 2016 • 3 min readAs 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 red-light cameras and GPS-enabled cellphones have ushered in an age where our movements in public can be easily tracked,…
May 30, 2016 • 4 min read
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, tablets, and computers are connected to the internet and the cloud. Increasingly, though, other “smart” devices—from televisions to…
May 27, 2016 • 3 min readSecureMac recently caught up with Dan Kusnetzky of Virtualization Review to discuss the growing threat of ransomware, you can read all about it here.
May 11, 2016 • 1 min read
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 28th, Apple has begun blocking older versions of the Flash plug-in. You will need to update…
May 4, 2016 • 2 min read
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 developer site at: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/ An outdated Git client in Apple’s Command Line Tools Package is putting OS X developers at…
April 27, 2016 • 3 min readIf 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 security expert Brian Krebs in an April 12 blog post about a potentially devastating new iOS…
April 19, 2016 • 3 min readThe 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 report from Johns Hopkins University, Apple’s mobile encryption technology is already flawed—or at least, it was. According to the…
April 11, 2016 • 3 min readEmail-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 small town of Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania takes the concept to the next level by using GPS data to create…
April 8, 2016 • 3 min readWhether 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 vulnerabilities, there are several default Mac security settings that are not in your…
April 5, 2016 • 3 min read