Mac Virus
The Official “Mac Virus” blogsite, successor to the 1990s web page
Mac Malware resource from Checkpoint
While I’m not currently maintaining this site, I should flag the pretty good MacOS Malware Pedia implemented by Checkpoint. Hat tip to Virus Bulletin, who drew my attention to that page in ...
Normal service suspended indefinitely
For the present, I’m not working in the security industry, so I shan’t be maintaining this blog, though I’ll keep it intact for the present in case people still find some use ...
Webkit vulnerability affecting Safari et al
Bleeping Computer: WebKit Vulnerability Affects Latest Versions of Apple Safari “A researcher published exploit code for a vulnerability in WebKit, the web browser engine that powers Apple’s Safari, along with other apps ...
Apple updates 10th December 2018
Apologies for the continuing silence from this page, due to bereavement and personal illness. I still don’t have much time to give to this project at the moment, but here are a ...
Apple and Android updates 17th November 2018
Some recent reports of interest to Apple and Android customers ...
More on the Bloomberg claims
I’ve often taken issue with Cylance (and other so-called next-generation vendors) over its misleading claims about mainstream detection techniques. However, the company has published some discussion among its own researchers regarding Bloomberg’s ...
Apple, GrayKey, Google
Apple privacy concerns: iOS update discourages policeware, but Google's money still pours in, it seems ...
Antisocial Android Apps
Lukas Stefanko for ESET: Banking Trojans continue to surface on Google Play The malicious apps have all been removed from the official Android store but not before the apps were installed by ...
Should Bloomberg retract?
John Gruber cites Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy’s tweet while considering Bloomberg’s decreasingly convincing insistence on the Apple/Amazon/etc. supply chain story: AWS CEO ANDY JASSY: ‘BLOOMBERG SHOULD RETRACT’ I have to ...
Apple and personal data, plus Android issues
David Harley | | android, Apple, GDPR, google, personal data, Play Store, Safari extensions, Titan chips
Apple extends GDPR(-ish) to US users, while Security Boulevard looks at Safari extensions. Plus Android monopolizing and the Titan chip ...