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SecureMac’s PrivacyScan 1.9.5 Brings Powerful Privacy Protections to Mojave

SecureMac’s PrivacyScan 1.9.5 Brings Powerful Privacy Protections...

December 4, 2018

Las Vegas, Nevada – How many companies are tracking where you go online right now? Answering that question isn’t easy, but one thing is sure: it’s not a...

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Passcode Bypass Exploit for iOS 12.1 Appears Just After Release

Passcode Bypass Exploit for iOS 12.1 Appears Just After Release

November 7, 2018

Just a few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1 - which contained a few new features and a large slate of bug fixes - a security researcher identified a new...

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Hacking Fax Machines? It Can Happen, and Mac Users Could Be

August 30, 2018

The average person, when they think about fax machines, probably puts them into the same class of technology as dial-up Internet — old, obsolete, and...

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Major macOS Mail App Harbors Major Vulnerabilities

Major macOS Mail App Harbors Major Vulnerabilities

August 28, 2018

How do you manage your email? For those who receive a high volume of messages every day and depend on their email for work purposes, answering this question is...

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1Password Implements New Feature to Keep Travelers’ Passwords...

July 30, 2018

Over the past several years, international travel has become fraught with more privacy and security concerns than ever before. At many borders, including those...

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Researcher Discloses Potential Brute Force Attack on iPhone; Apple Says It’s Not Real

Researcher Discloses Potential Brute Force Attack on iPhone; Apple...

July 3, 2018

A strong passcode is one of the most important elements of personal security on iOS devices. While it has been some time since Apple introduced the stronger...

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Apple Patches Bug in Swift Programming Language

July 2, 2018

Apple's Swift programming language is a useful tool for developers on Mac and iOS platforms due to its versatility and wide-reaching application. Occasionally,...

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Hackers Could Bypass macOS Signature Checks for A Decade

Hackers Could Bypass macOS Signature Checks for A Decade

June 26, 2018

Code signing is one of the most important lines of defense against malware. It allows a user to know that the software they intend to install or run came from...

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Apple Patches Xcode to Correct Serious Git Security Flaw

June 25, 2018

How can programmers keep track of all the changes that get made to a piece of software during its development while keeping everyone else on the project in the...

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ElcomSoft Expands WhatsApp Extraction Capabilities to Business Platform

ElcomSoft Expands WhatsApp Extraction Capabilities to Business...

June 7, 2018

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, is arguably one of the most popular means for secure communication in the world. Facebook says that more...

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Versatile Hacking Tool Ported to the Mac Could Pose Risks to Users

Versatile Hacking Tool Ported to the Mac Could Pose Risks to Users

May 23, 2018

Security researchers use many tools to conduct their work; in many cases, the best way to test a system is to try to break in, because it allows one to...

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SecureMac Tackles Tough Privacy Concerns with PrivacyScan 1.9.4

SecureMac Tackles Tough Privacy Concerns with PrivacyScan 1.9.4

March 23, 2018

Las Vegas, Nevada — Concern for personal privacy in the digital world is at an all-time high, and with prominent stories about data breaches and leaks on the...

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Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

March 22, 2018

For several years now, a fierce debate has raged over how much access law enforcement organizations (LEOs) should be able to have to the mobile devices of...

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Some Apps on the Mac App Store Are Mining Cryptocurrency

March 19, 2018

The wave of cryptocurrency miners taking the place of common malware continues in 2018 unabated, and it appears every week we encounter another story about a...

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iPhone Source Code Leak Could Open the Floodgates for Hackers

February 20, 2018

A key piece of Apple’s iPhone source code may be out in the wild. On February 7, someone posted something called “iBoot” on GitHub. GitHub is a popular...

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Apple Patches Potentially Serious Vulnerability in HomeKit with iOS 11.2.1

Apple Patches Potentially Serious Vulnerability in HomeKit with iOS...

December 20, 2017

In a world filled with "Internet of Things" (IoT) devices, there are security holes everywhere. Apple works hard on the hardened nature of its HomeKit system...

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Elcomsoft Focuses on Apple’s 2 Factor Authentication in Latest...

December 7, 2017

The security built into our phones enables us to use them with confidence and peace of mind; after all, it is vital that we prevent unauthorized access to...

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Recent Downloads from Eltima Software Were Infected with Malware

October 30, 2017

If you recently downloaded Elmedia Player or Folx—two Mac OS X programs from German-based developer Eltima Software—then your Mac may be infected with...

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Popular Terminal App Patches Severe Bug That Leaked Tons of Data

Popular Terminal App Patches Severe Bug That Leaked Tons of Data

September 28, 2017

For power users, nothing is quite as useful in the macOS ecosystem as the Terminal app. Whether you are working on a simple project or trying to create...

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SecureMac Continues Pushing Mac Security Forward with Release of MacScan 3.1

SecureMac Continues Pushing Mac Security Forward with Release of...

May 30, 2017

Las Vegas, Nevada — With malware making headlines nearly every week, users everywhere wonder how to keep their computers safe. Today, SecureMac released the...

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