This did not make the news on Friday as I was travelling – here it is today as a reminder. Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA This impacts a range of Apple products including, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, Macs and the Safari browser. Even if you have …
Apple MacOS Malware
Once upon a time I would be lectured by Mac users on how Macs did not get malware or computer viruses. This was probably because the user base was not big enough to attract threat actors. Today however things are very different. Macs are as vulnerable as any other computer …
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency security advisories
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a trusted source of information on security updates and exploited vulnerabilities. My team use it as one of their go to resources. The latest updates include the other vendors that release updates around the same time as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday. …
Critical Apple Patches available
Apple has issued Out-of-Band patches for a number of its products to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited. About the security content of iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1 – Apple Patches are available for, iPhone 8 and later, iPads and iPad Pros, Macs running Ventura and Apple …
Why knowing what is installed on your network is important…
Here is a cautionary tale of redundant software. Before Macs got dark mode, many companies produced dark mode applets and many Mac users who could not live without dark mode, downloaded them and used them. Then Apple introduced dark mode and these applets became redundant. Many users uninstalled the applets …
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