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New device? Here’s how to safely dispose of your old one

January 5, 2023 0 Comments Android, Apple, back up, chromebook, devices, iPad, iPhone, mac, news, recycle, reset, Windows

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Before we hand down, sell on, or recycle our old device we will want to make sure all personal data are backed up and deleted from the device. Here’s how…

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Apple megaupdate: Ventura out, iOS and iPad kernel zero-day – act now!

October 24, 2022 0 Comments 0 day, Apple, cve-2022-42827, Exploit, iOS, iPad, iPhone, mac, OS X, vulnerability, zer-day

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:03:13 +0000

Ventura hits the market with 112 patches, Catalina’s gone missing, and iPhones and iPads get a critical kernel-level zero-day patch…

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How to secure a Mac for your kids

August 24, 2022 0 Comments explained, mac, parental controls, personal, screen time

Categories: Explained

Categories: Personal

Tags: Mac

Tags: Parental Controls

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If you want to know how to secure your Mac so your kids can use it safely, we’re here to help.

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The post How to secure a Mac for your kids appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Apple patches “0-day” browser bug fixed 2 weeks ago in Chrome, Edge

July 27, 2022 0 Comments Apple, iPad, iPhone, mac, MacOS, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:38:22 +0000

One vendor’s zero-day is another vendor’s routine patch…

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Apple patches “0-day” browser bug fixed 2 weeks ago in Chrome, Edge

July 21, 2022 0 Comments Apple, iPad, iPhone, mac, MacOS, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:38:22 +0000

One vendor’s zero-day is another vendor’s routine patch…

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How to password protect a folder

April 12, 2022 0 Comments folder, how-tos, mac, password, Windows

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:57:20 +0000

This article explains how to password protect a folder on Windows and macOS systems. What are your free options?

The post How to password protect a folder appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Apple pushes out two emergency 0-day updates – get ’em now!

March 31, 2022 0 Comments Apple, iPad, iPhone, mac, vulnerability, zero day

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:38:39 +0000

More Apple zero-days – mobile devices, laptops and desktops affected. Update now!

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How to update your drivers and when you need to

February 24, 2022 0 Comments 101, device drivers, driver update, inux, mac, Windows

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:39:07 +0000

Device drivers are often forgotten. This article tells you how to update drivers and goes into when you should and what to avoid.

The post How to update your drivers and when you need to appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Mac adware is more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional Mac malware

February 27, 2020 0 Comments adware, bundlore, crossrider, mac, mac adware, mac threats, MacOS, Macs, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, surfbuyer

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:34:48 +0000

Adware and PUPs can actually be far more invasive and dangerous on the Mac than “real” malware. We demonstrate with analysis of Crossrider, a sophisticated Mac adware that uses evasion and persistence techniques more complex than nation-state malware.

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 0 Comments 2020 state of malware report, adware, Android, android malware, Data privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, mac, MacOS, Ransomware, Reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, state of malware, state of malware report, trickbot, Trojans, Web threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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