New SPOILER attack puts Intel processors at risk
A new attack has surfaced called SPOILER, which builds on past research behind Meltdown, Spectre, and Rowhammer attacks. Back...
Security & Privacy
How to securely dispose of old hard drives and SSDs
You use hard drives or SSDs in your Macs, and hopefully you also use some drives to back up...
Apple + Security & Privacy + Software & Apps
Apple to remove “Do Not Track” feature from Safari
Apple is planning to remove the Do Not Track feature from the Safari web browser with the next major...
Facebook, Google caught deploying invasive apps; Apple shuts them down
Facebook was found to have deployed apps to track user data and usage on iOS and Android, using a...
Apple + Security & Privacy + Security News
Everything you need to know about the FaceTime spying bug
On January 28, 2019, a serious flaw in FaceTime came to light that could allow a FaceTime caller to...
Apple releases iOS 12.1.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.3, and more security updates
This week Apple released updates for its iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS operating systems, as well as for Safari...
Security & Privacy + Security News
Collection #1 (and #2–5) are the latest massive password dumps
“Collection #1” is the nickname of the latest dump of e-mail addresses and passwords—a stockpile of login credentials from...
Are iOS apps spying on your location?
Some iOS apps access your location all the time then sell this data to advertising companies. Learn how to...
Did Instagram leak your password?
Back in April, Instagram introduced a data export feature to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a...
Intego Mac Security Podcast + Security & Privacy
New security features in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave – Intego Mac Podcast, Episode 58
The Intego Mac Podcast episode 58 is now available! We take a close look at the great new security...