If you connect it, protect it

Last week, we said that "Friends don't let friends get scammed." They don't let themselves get scammed, either!

Serious Security: Phishing without links – when phishers bring along their own web pages

How do you "check the URL before you click" if the web page you're visiting is already on your own computer?

#BeCyberSmart – why friends don’t let friends get scammed

Friends don't let friends get scammed. Because cybercrime hurts us all.

Who Is Tracking You? – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 155

Apple's Safari web browser has a new feature that prevents trackers from profiling you; we discuss how this works to protect you on the Mac and on iOS. We also talk about the new Series 6 Apple watch, and the solo loop band. And we take a detour to …

Checklist 200: TikTok, TV, and Time for a Checklist

On this week’s Checklist, we discuss a rapidly changing App Store story, we talk about streaming services and privacy, and we show you how to keep your wits in a cybersecurity emergency. This week’s Checklist covers: App bans … on hold?Is Hulu watch…

Review: Apple Watch Series 6 & Solo Loop Band

This year, there's an Apple Watch for every budget, with new colors and bands to spruce up your wrist. The post Review: Apple Watch Series 6 & Solo Loop Band appeared first on The Mac Security Blog.

REvil ransomware crew dangles $1,000,000 cybercrime carrot

When a company pays a multimillion dollar ransomware blackmail demand, where do you think the money goes?

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

Blast from the past! Windows XP source code allegedly leaked online

Windows XP source code! Fair game to take a peek, or best to look away?

SMS phishing scam pretends to be Apple “chatbot” – don’t fall for it!

If you got someone else's "free offer" in what looked like a misdirected message, would you take a peek?

TikTok and WeChat bans on hold for now

With the United States threatening to make good on its promise to pull them from U.S. app marketplaces, popular apps TikTok and WeChat are granted a last-minute stay of execution. The post TikTok and WeChat bans on hold for now appeared first on Sec…

Naked Security Live – “The Zerologon hole: are you at risk?”

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

A real-life Maze ransomware attack – “If at first you don’t succeed…”

The crooks wanted $15,000,000. They didn't get it. Huzzah!

Zerologon – hacking Windows servers with a bunch of zeros

Cryptography is hard. And cryptographic blunders can be hard to spot. This one was there for years...

Naked Security Live – “Should you worry about your wallpaper?”

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

Serious Security: Hacking Windows passwords via your wallpaper

Themes and wallpapers - how dangerous can they really be?

Fake web alerts – how to spot and stop them

How do you spot and deal with fake system alerts on both computers and mobile devices?

Is App Notarization broken?

Security researchers have discovered a variant of Shlayer malware — an extremely common macOS threat — that appears to have circumvented Apple’s App Notarization process. The post Is App Notarization broken? appeared first on SecureMac.

What is geofencing?

Federal judges in the United States are starting to push back against police requests for “geofence warrants”, citing constitutional concerns. In this short article, we’ll introduce you to the issue, tell you what it means for your privacy, and expl…

Analysis of Apple Unified Logs [Entry 12] – Quick & Easy Unified Log Collection from iOS Devices for Testing

Collection of Unified Logs on macOS systems is pretty straight forward. You can use the command, and yes – you do have to be root.sudo log collect Collection from iOS device is not as obvious. I think most of us are doing the sysdiagnose/AirDrop met…

Monday review – catch up on our latest articles and videos

Our recent articles and videos, all in one place.