It’s been a selling point for Apple’s operating system since the dawn of time, peaking in Justin Long’s appearance in the famous ‘Get A Mac’ campaign: Macs don’t get viruses!
Unfortunately, since ‘Get a Mac’ hit the air in 2006, the security landscape has changed dramatically. Macs have also surged in popularity, making them a much more desirable target for attackers.
Scrolling through the latest IT security news, the words ‘Zero Day’ loom large. Article after article warns of a devastating new vulnerability in the latest Windows or OS X release that requires urgent patching.
So, we get the impression they’re a bad thing. We might even rush to update our machines. But the question still remains for many. What exactly is a “zero day”?
What’s a firewall?
You might recall that they keep things out… but what exactly?
There are enough third-party firewall software packages out there to cause a nosebleed – but are they worth it?
In this article, we’ll be looking at what firewalls do, whether your OS defaults are ‘good enough’, and how you can make sure you’re set up correctly.
There’s a lot to say about avoiding malware, but do you know what not to do?
Unless you’re aware of exactly how your computer can become infected, it’s going to be difficult to know when you’re doing something high risk.
So, here’s how computers get infected. Needless to say, don’t try this at home!
In case you’ve missed some of the biggest security news of the year, we’d like to fill you in. Controversial dating site for married users, Ashley Madison, has had 33 million of its user accounts publicly released this Tuesday.
We were forewarned, however: the brazen hackers originally stole the data over a month ago, threatening to release it unless site owners Avid Life Media agreed to remove both AshleyMadison.com and its sister dating site, Established Men, from the Internet entirely.
