Tag: Security
Recommended Read: Fingerprinting your typing patterns.
I think that at some point we’re going to have to realize that if people want to track what you do on computers, the only...
News Roundup: More Security News, Apple Rumor Slayer, Apple Music Charts
More Mac Malware News Man, I was right about Defcon/Blackhat being a treasure trove of news, and it usually isn’t good. The latest is...
News Roundup 6/2/2015: Google Is Coming For Your Data
It’s hard to believe that it’s already almost WWDC time—probably because it’s 50 degrees and rainy here. And other than the full Apple Watch SDK,...
OS X and iOS Top The NVD’s List Of Vulnerabilities For 2014
Apple leads on a lot of lists these days, but the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is not one they were looking to top. Both OS...
OS X’s Spotlight Overrides Mail.app Privacy Settings, Could Give Spammers A Leg Up
Spam and marketing emails often contain content—typically images served up from a remote Web server—that make it possible to see if recipients actually opened the message in...
Apple Issues Software Update For Serious Security Flaw
Pop open the App Store app as soon as possible—it’s time for another software update. This particular update addresses a significant security flaw that affects...
Worth Reading: Do NOT Lose Your Apple ID Recovery Key
After Mat Honan’s iCloud account was very publically owned, Apple enabled two-factor authentication. When you turn on two-factor authentication for your account, Apple provides you...
31 Days Of OS X Tips: Lock Your Mac When You Walk Away
[Editor’s Note: December is OS X Tips Month here at Macgasm! All throughout December, we’ll post a new OS X tip each day—covering everything from that...
Tuesday Tips: Easy Ways To Bolster Your Mac’s Physical Security
We tech bloggers spend a lot of time talking about online security—don’t post personal details online, be careful what you click on, use strong passwords, that...
Apple Patches Bash To Guard Against Shellshock Exploits
It’s time for another round of software updates: Apple has released a collection of patches for the bash Terminal shell to correct the recently discoveed “Shellshock” security bug....
Apple Extends Two-Factor Authentication To Cover iCloud.com
A couple weeks ago, when nude photos leaked from celebrities’ iCloud accounts dominated the headline, we pointed out that Apple’s two-factor authentication (or “two-step verification”...
What You Need To Know About Apple’s Two-Factor Authentication
By now, you’ve likely heard about how a hacker leaked revealing photos of celebrities onto the Internet, supposedly though Apple’s iCloud service. Apple now says that the...
1Password Team Shows Off Its iOS 8 App Extension. It’s Awesome.
Security is about to get a lot stronger in iOS 8 thanks to a new app extension developed by the 1Password team. In a blog...
Tor Network Breached, Your IP Isn’t As Safe As You May Think
It was only a matter of time. Hackers have compromised the Tor network. Rumors that both Russian and American government interest in breaking down the...
Lock Your Mac’s Screen To Foil Prying Eyes
If you use your Mac in a public or semi-public area—such as in an open-floorplan office—you might not want random people to be able to...
OS X Trojan Hides Behind Angry Birds, Will Help Itself To Your Bitcoin
Hide your Bitcoin, hide your kids, hide your wife…there’s a new piece of Mac malware in town. According to security software company Eset, a newly...
Mission Impossible: Giving Apple The (Fake) Finger
It must be difficult to be an Apple critic, painful even. The contortions required to come up with new and fanciful reasons why a company...
No, Facebook Is Not Publishing Personal Messages On Your Timeline
After the global rollout of Facebook Timeline, some users were worried that their private messages from 2009 and earlier were being published to their Timelines....