Security News

Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too
2019-05-20 05:15

Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new software or...

How to enable BitLocker on non-TPM Macs
2019-05-07 20:01

It's easy to add Microsoft's drive encrypting BitLocker protection to your non-TPM enabled Mac computers hosting Windows via Boot Camp or third-party VM.

Here's the List of ~600 MAC Addresses Targeted in Recent ASUS Hack
2019-03-29 11:03

EXCLUSIVE — While revealing details of a massive supply chain cyber attack against ASUS customers, Russian security firm Kaspersky last week didn't release the full list all MAC addresses that...

Microsoft Announces Windows Defender ATP Antivirus for Mac
2019-03-22 08:03

Brace yourself guys. Microsoft is going to release its Windows Defender ATP antivirus software for Mac computers. Sounds crazy, right? But it's true. Microsoft Thursday announced that the company...

Mac-Focused Malvertising Campaign Abuses Google Firebase DBs
2019-03-20 21:20

Researchers said 1 million user sessions could have been exposed to the campaign, which downloads the Shlayer trojan.

Level up Mac security, and say game over to malware? System alerts plus Apple game engine equals infosec toolkit
2019-03-06 02:22

Wise Wardle waves wand, whacks wily worms which work without Windows RSA Infosec guru Patrick Wardle has found a novel way to attempt to detect and stop malware and vulnerability exploits on Macs...

Thunderclap: Apple Macs at risk from malicious Thunderbolt peripherals
2019-02-28 14:03

Researchers have revealed how malicious Thunderbolt and PCI Express (PCIe) peripherals could be used to compromise computers running macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.

Tens of millions more web accounts for sale after more sites hacked, Mac malware spreads via Windows.exe, and more
2019-02-18 05:02

Standby for a 'we woz haxx0ed' email from one of these sites this week... Roundup Let's kickstart your Monday with some lovely juicy computer security and screwups news, beyond what we reported last week.…

Windows App Caught Running on Mac, Installing Malware
2019-02-13 16:31

A Windows application was recently observed packing the ability to run on Macs and download and install malware on the target systems. read more

At least Sony offered a t-shirt, says macOS flaw finder: Bug bounties now for Macs if you want this 0-day, Apple
2019-02-07 01:41

Cupertino's tight-wads called out by fella who found password, private key leak Vid The bloke who found a password-spaffing bug in macOS says he won't divulge details on the flaw to Apple until...