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Got a Mac that’s not behaving itself? Try these troubleshooting tips

Friday, December 18, 2015 1:00 pmFriday, December 18, 20158 Comments

These two tricks have been successful in solving some 90 percent of the Mac problems I’ve encountered…

Apple preps fix for OS X privilege escalation bug

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 8:55 amWednesday, August 5, 20156 Comments

Apple has taken interim measures to prevent further exploitation of the vulnerability…

Thunderstrike 2 worm can infect your Mac without detection, but requires root access

Monday, August 3, 2015 4:25 pmMonday, August 3, 201523 Comments

Assuming the attacker already has root control over the machine…

Symantec confirms existence of unpatched rootkit Mac security flaw

Friday, June 5, 2015 12:57 pmFriday, June 5, 20153 Comments

Symantec says a critical vulnerability within some Apple Mac models…

How to protect your Mac from the ‘Dark Jedi’ firmware hack

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, June 2, 20159 Comments

A new exploit dubbed ‘Dark Jedi’ exists for MacBook systems created before mid-2014…


Vulnerability in Macs made before mid-2014 could allow firmware modifications, researcher says

Monday, June 1, 2015 1:06 pm9 Comments

A zero-day software vulnerability in the firmware of older Apple computers…

Apple preparing to release ‘Thunderstrike’ patch for OS X

Monday, January 26, 2015 10:25 am5 Comments

A beta of the next OS X update for Mac users contains a patch…

Apple secures Macs against ‘Thunderstrike’ attacks in OS X 10.10.2

Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:13 am11 Comments

the upcoming OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 will fix the Thunderstrike issue…

Macs vulnerable to virtually undetectable malware that ‘can’t be removed’, but physical access is required

Monday, January 12, 2015 11:24 am25 Comments

A security researcher has discovered a way to infect Macs with malware…

New proof-of-concept ‘Thunderstrike’ bootkit for OS X can permanently backdoor Macs

Friday, January 9, 2015 9:55 amFriday, January 9, 201514 Comments

The malware has been dubbed Thunderstrike, because it spreads through maliciously modified peripheral devices…

Fixing OS X Yosemite Wi-Fi issues

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:58 amWednesday, October 22, 201425 Comments

Your network works fine for a while and then fairly abruptly begins to suffer almost total traffic loss…

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