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Tag: Keychain Access

Store confidential information securely with Secure Notes in Keychain Access on Mac

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 4:04 pmWednesday, July 5, 2023No Comments

You can use Secure Notes in Keychain Access to store confidential information on your Mac. This information can be completely…

What ‘Sign in with Apple’ is and how it works

Friday, September 27, 2019 4:55 pmFriday, September 27, 20193 Comments

Apple in iOS 13 introduced a new Sign in with Apple feature, which is designed to let you create accounts for apps and websites using your Apple ID..

Hundreds of thousands of people are using passwords that have already been hacked

Thursday, August 15, 2019 1:29 pmThursday, August 15, 20193 Comments

1.5 percent of all website logins use compromised credentials, a figure that’s higher for porn websites…

Researcher gives Apple details of macOS Keychain security flaw despite lack of macOS bug bounties

Monday, March 4, 2019 11:01 am2 Comments

A German teenager who discovered a macOS Keychain security flaw last month has now shared the details with Apple…

Security researcher reveals macOS exploit to access Keychain passwords, refuses to share with Apple (plus: how to secure your Keychain)

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 10:20 amWednesday, February 6, 201912 Comments

Security researcher Linuz Henze has shared a video demonstration of a macOS Mojave exploit to access passwords stored in the Keychain…

How to do passwords right in 2018

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:06 pm3 Comments

Even in a world of face unlocking and fingerprint scanning, we still haven’t escaped the password just yet…

Americans are sick and tired of passwords and security questions

Monday, July 9, 2018 6:04 pm21 Comments

Millions of Americans are fed up with overly complicated web and phone security measures…

AgileBits releases all-new 1Password 7 for Mac

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 1:01 pmWednesday, May 23, 201817 Comments

How do you store your passwords?

How to password protect files and folders on your Mac

Thursday, May 17, 2018 3:29 pmThursday, May 17, 20186 Comments

The truth is that your Mac is only as secure as…

iCloud Keychain: How to use Apple’s password manager for Macs, iPhones and iPads

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 9:58 amTuesday, February 13, 20189 Comments

“Apple’s password manager for Macs, iPhones and iPads, iCloud Keychain is designed to keep…

The benefits of using 1Password over iCloud Keychain

Monday, November 27, 2017 12:55 pmMonday, November 27, 201725 Comments

To me, it is pretty obvious that 1Password is much more powerful than iCloud Keychain…

macOS Keychain vulnerability is something Apple needs to fix, but Mac users shouldn’t panic

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:27 pmTuesday, September 26, 20175 Comments

Mac users, keep Apple’s default Gatekeeper settings enabled and don’t download…

How to change an Apple ID email address without access to that email address

Friday, September 22, 2017 11:28 am4 Comments

Apple IDs use an email address to identify each user…

How to password protect a folder on your Mac

Monday, August 7, 2017 1:56 pm6 Comments

Not all of your files are meant to be seen by everyone…

iCloud Keychain encryption bug could expose iOS passwords, credit card numbers

Monday, July 24, 2017 3:29 pmMonday, July 24, 201722 Comments

The bug exploited a flaw in how Apple’s iCloud Keychain synchronizes sensitive data across devices…

Security experts are not pleased that ‘1Password’ is pushing users to the cloud

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:31 pmTuesday, July 11, 201747 Comments

1Password is moving away from its one-time license, local storage option…

‘Secrets’ is a simple, no-frills password manager for Mac and iOS

Friday, January 20, 2017 11:28 amFriday, January 20, 20177 Comments

If there’s one breed of app every Mac and iOS user should own, it’s a password manager…

A comprehensive guide to Apple’s very useful iCloud Keychain

Wednesday, January 4, 2017 2:25 pmWednesday, January 4, 20177 Comments

There’s a lot of password management software available for the Mac and iOS…

Latest Wikileaks email leak includes Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Apple ID and password

Thursday, October 13, 2016 2:25 pmThursday, October 13, 201620 Comments

Unauthorized users appear to have accessed Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta’s various accounts…

Russian Hackers targeting iOS device users with ransom attacks; protect yourself with two-factor authentication

Friday, July 8, 2016 5:35 pmFriday, July 8, 201627 Comments

A number of iOS device users in the United States and Europe have recently become victim…

Password manager 1Password criticised for leaking users’ bookmarks

Monday, October 19, 2015 10:57 amMonday, October 19, 20159 Comments

The popular password manager 1Password has been criticised for allowing certain information…

Why a strong password doesn’t help as much as a unique one

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:28 pmWednesday, July 22, 201512 Comments

A few months after AdultFriendFinder was hacked, now Ashley Madison has had its turn…

Facebook makes it free and easy to kill latest OS X and iOS zero-days

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:29 pmTuesday, June 23, 20154 Comments

An open source framework for monitoring operating system security…

Apple patches Mac App Store for XARA exploits; additional fixes are ‘in progress’

Monday, June 22, 2015 2:24 pm2 Comments

Earlier this week Apple implemented a server-side app security update…

Major zero-day security flaws in both iOS and OS X allow theft of Keychain, app passwords

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:15 am51 Comments

Researchers from Indiana University and the Georgia Institute of Technology…

Essential Keychain Access tips for Mac users

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 10:28 amThursday, May 5, 20165 Comments

Mac users should understand how their OS X Keychain works…

Many passwords are so bad they don’t even need to be hacked

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:57 pmTuesday, January 20, 201516 Comments

While a lot of attention is given to high profile account breaches…

Half of U.S. adults hacked this year

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:29 pmWednesday, May 28, 201423 Comments

Hackers have exposed the personal information of 110 million Americans…

Six Clicks: Cool stuff buried in OS X

Friday, May 23, 2014 12:28 pmFriday, May 23, 20146 Comments

Here are six little OS X secrets that should help you…

Why does Google’s Chrome browser ask for your Mac Keychain password?

Sunday, January 19, 2014 2:45 pm45 Comments

Every time I start up Chrome, it pesters me for access to my Mac’s Keychain…

Top 5 ‘unknown’ built-in Mac apps: Get more out of your Mac with these hidden OS X gems

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:03 pm20 Comments

Transfer data from any other Mac or PC on the same network…

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