I can still remember sitting in client meeting listening to the then minority Mac owners explain to me that Macs did not get hacked or get viruses. Of course, what they did not understand was that hackers then could not be bothered with Macs as there were far more juicy …
Apple security issue
I use AirDrop occasionally, to be honest it is usually between family and friends, but I have been known to use it at events and conferences to swap contact details with other attendees – it is very convenient. Now research is emerging from China that this convenient Apple tool may …
X – The Wild West of the Internet
It looks like Elon Musk’s social network X has become the new favourite place for threat actors who want to distribute their malware, especially malicious crypto-malware. X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads (bleepingcomputer.com) Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams (bleepingcomputer.com) …
Where to start in 2024?
Happy New Year. I am going to start the cyber news for 2024 with a story that broke between Christmas and the New Year – Apple iPhone hardware vulnerabilities. I am a great supporter of the Apple iPhone and the associated “walled garden” App store as a good cyber security …
Chrome gets updates
Google is always on the lookout for security issues Google Chrome and Chromium – many other browsers are based on this technology including Microsoft Edge so it is a rich target for threat actors if they can find a flaw to exploit. When those patches are issued you or your …
