iWorm Is Not a Worm: Are You Infected? Find Out
First things first… iWorm is not a worm at all, but actually your plain old, garden variety Trojan. This is important because, whereas worms are self-replicating and can infect innocent bystanders, a...
View ArticleApple Pushes Xprotect Update, Blocks iWorm [u]
iWorm, which isn’t a worm at all but a plain jane trojan, has been generating some rather absurd headlines and coverage. And, would you believe that only 17,000 or so actual Macs have been infected?...
View ArticleMac Security: Update Flash Player 15, Office 11, Java 7 Now
Golly gosh gee whiz, people, if you haven’t updated Flash Player 15, Office 11 and/or Java 7 in awhile, you really should get busy with the updates, because Mac security issues need some patch love and...
View ArticleApple Patches Poodle SSL in Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion
Poodle, would a rat dog, often really big ones, by any other name be less psychotic? The world’s Secure Socket Layer (SSL) problems* just won’t stay fixed and Mac security is affected. Apple has issued...
View ArticleApple to Devs: ‘We’re Dropping SSL 3 Due to Poodle’
While all of the major browser vendors have patched the Poodle SSL 3 vulnerability, the said same major browser vendors all agree that SSL 3 should no longer be used. Apple is doing its part, telling...
View ArticleWhat Is Rootpipe? How to Protect Yourself
According to Emil Kvarnhammar with Swedish security firm Truesec, Rootpipe is a privilege escalation vulnerability. So, without user cooperation or without knowing the user’s password, an attacker can...
View ArticleMac Security: Apple Fixes Network Time Protocol Issue
Mac security, we used to take you for granted! Last Friday, December 19, the US government issued an alert about a security problem uncovered in a Carnegie Mellon University bulletin. And, well, here...
View ArticleClamXav 2.7 Brings Extension Support, Updated Engine, Sentry, More
Surely, this is just a coincidence? Perhaps, but never call me Shirley. On the heels of yesterday’s first-ever silent Mac security update from Apple comes ClamXav 2.7. This significant point update...
View ArticleClamXav 2.7.2 Arrives, Mac App Store Version Moribund? [u]
A workaday update for ClamXav, including an updated engine, scheduler fix and fixes for a number of Sentry-specific issues. However, the Mac App Store version of ClamXav hasn’t been updated since July...
View ArticleClamXav Mac App Store: Apple Approvals Take Time
Yesterday, we noticed that the Mac App Store version of ClamXav hadn’t been updated since July of last year. Obviously, that didn’t seem right, so we posted a question on the ClamXav support forums,...
View ArticleOS X 10.10.2 to Fix Thunderstrike, Google Project Zero Issues
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Google Project Zero is all about identifying, reporting and then publicizing zero day exploits. Their most recent target is Apple’s OS X desktop operating system,...
View ArticleMajor Flash Player Security Vulnerability Unpatched on Your Mac?
Blah, blah, blah… Adobe Flash Player security is a black hole of malware malaise and hacker attack vectors… blah, blah, blah. Last week’s well publicized Flash Player 16.0.0.287 has already been...
View ArticleClamXav 2.7.3 Update Clears Up Sentry, Scan Issues
ClamXav 2.7.1 shipped last week and was quickly superseded by v2.7.2. Now, Mark Allen et al are back with ClamXav 2.7.3, which ties up a number of loss ends and issues. So, if you’re the “set it and...
View ArticleSafari 8.0.4: Workaday Passle of Security Patches
Safari 8.0.4 is here and, in addition to the usual bunch of stability improvements and bug fixes, there are security patches. There is also Safari 7.1.4 (Mavericks) and Safari 6.2.4 (Mountain Lion),...
View ArticleSafari 8.0.6, 7.1.6, 6.2.6 Bring Security Fixes
If your Mac is running OS X Yosemite, Mavericks and/or Mountain Lion, then you need to download Apple’s latest Safari 8.0.6, Safari 7.1.6 and/or Safari 6.2.6 Update, respectively. Why? Because Mac...
View ArticleBest Mac Antivirus: 10 Mac AV Apps Tested, Compared
Mac market share has hit historic highs around the world — Mac sales are up, up, up! Naturally, this has attracted the unwanted attention of criminal hackers — you really should be running a Mac...
View ArticleOffice 14.5.0 Security Update: This Patch Is Buggy
Everybody has bad days — hair, coffee, software, you name it. Companies have bad days, too. Microsoft’s buggy Office 14.5.0 Security Update, which can render Outlook unusable, is exemplary of the...
View ArticleSecurity Update 2015-005 Mavericks, Mountain Lion
Good news OS X Mavericks and Mountain Lion users, Apple has a security update for you. Bad news OS X Lion and earlier users, Apple no longer produces security updates for “ancient ones.” • Security...
View ArticleFirefox 39 Brings Silk Scrolling, Unicode 8, Malware Detector…
With the arrival of OS X El Capitan for testing, Google Chrome started crashing. So, Firefox is once again my second browser and the most recent whole number update, Firefox 39, brings important new...
View ArticleRemove Flash: How to Kill Adobe Flash Dead
In spite Adobe’s intentions and, one must assume, best efforts, Flash has become irrevocably tainted, fundamentally untrustable. It’s time remove Flash from your Mac, permanently — here’s how to remove...
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