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Intego is the leader in Mac security, protecting Apple users from the dangers of the Internet since 1997. Follow for The Mac Security Blog and Podcast updates.
Joined March 2011
People on social media have recently been spreading misinformation about some of Siri’s settings. Kirk @McElhearn writes: “No, Siri’s ‘Learn from this app’ setting is not sending data from your apps to third parties.”. 🔗
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How to Configure and Use Control Center in macOS Ventura
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XcodeGhost Malware Infected 100+ Million iOS Users and Apple Said Nothing
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OSX/Adload: Mac Malware Apple Missed for Many Months
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Happy birthday, #Apple! Forty years ago: The Apple I was designed and built by Steve Wozniak in 1976.
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25 years ago today—May 6, 1998—Steve Jobs introduced the original, “Bondi blue” iMac at an Apple keynote in Cupertino, California. The venue was the Flint Center for the Performing Arts at De Anza College, the same place where Jobs unveiled the original Macintosh in 1984. #Mac
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The latest Mac malware bypasses @Apple's security measures simply by instructing users to "right-click." 🍎🔓 Very few antivirus apps detect it. 🛡🔓 Are you protected? #PSA #onlinesafety #Shlayer #Bundlore
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This month, 2 research teams independently discovered a new Mac malware family: JokerSpy. One infected system was at a prominent Japanese cryptocurrency exchange. 🪙👀.#Apple #macOS #Macintosh #backdoor #RAT #crypto #CryptoNews
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Mastodon Safety: How To Protect Yourself From Security and Privacy Risks
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If you use Adobe Reader on your #Mac, update to the latest version now; it resolves 3 critical #security issues. 🍎 While you're at it, enable Protected Mode. 🔒
Adobe releases new version of Acrobat for macOS to patch critical security vulnerabilities by @ChanceHMiller
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What were the most notable examples of Mac and iPhone malware in 2023? 🐛🍎. And what can we expect to see more of in 2024? 👾👀. Check out our latest article to find out!.👉 (Article ✍️ by @theJoshMeister)
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Apple Neglects to Patch Two Zero-Day, Wild Vulnerabilities for macOS Big Sur, Catalina
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21 years ago today—May 19, 2001—the first 2 physical Apple Stores opened their doors. Pundits thought they would fail, but the #AppleStore has been a big success. Days earlier, Steve Jobs introduced the stores via an online video. Here's a clip of Jobs explaining the Genius Bar.
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#Howto Delete #iOS Device Backups to Free Up Space on Your #Mac
http://t.co/QRCiieSjER via @mactrast.
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Remotely exploitable “inetloc” zero-day vulnerability hits the Mac
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Twitter, AirDrop, and Continuity Camera – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 266
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Intego exclusive report: "Are iOS Shortcuts Safe? Reports of Risks Surface" — Learn how iOS 12's Shortcuts app could endanger your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch security.
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Do you have #duplicate content in your #iTunes Library? #Apple can help you resolve these duplications: http://t.co/ol0SL68d4C via @MacTrast.
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We’re pleased to announce that Intego’s Chief Security Analyst, Josh Long (@theJoshMeister), will be speaking about #Mac #malware at the Objective by the Sea v2.0 conference, in Monaco on June 1–2. Come listen to some stellar #Apple #security talks! 🍎🔒
📣 #OBTS 2.0 Talk Alert 📣."Fun with Mac Malware Attribution" (. Attribution is a tough puzzle to solve, but sometimes malware authors slip up or are rather sloppy 👾🤪. Stoked for Josh Long's (@theJoshMeister) research on identifying Mac adversaries 🔍👀
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How to #Reclaim Lost Disk Space by Deleting Old #iOS Device Backups http://t.co/Zud74SVYlc via @mactrast.
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Apple released security patches for macOS Sonoma & iOS 17 yesterday. The updates address 2 WebKit vulnerabilities that were "actively exploited" on iPhone. Meanwhile, several major macOS vulnerabilities remain unpatched. 👀. (Article ✍️by @theJoshMeister)
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Big Sur is out! 😲 Check out our freshly updated “Ultimate Guide to Preparing Your Mac for macOS Big Sur” 🍎🔒.#macOSBigSur #macOS #BigSur #Apple #Mac
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2nd tip for Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Use a unique password for every site & service you use. ********. #NCSAM #cybersecurity #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecurityawarenessmonth #cybersecuritymonth #infosec #password #passwords #contraseña #contraseñas #motdepasse #passwort
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Extreme Security and Privacy on the iPhone – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 265
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🚨 Important security alert for users of the Mastodon social network. (Note: The mastodon․social server, and many popular ones such as infosec․exchange, have already been patched.). 👉 For more about Mastodon safety, check out @theJoshMeisterʼs article:
🦣 An alternative social network is encouraging server admins to patch a major security vulnerability as soon as possible. Roughly 20% of the top 20 instances on the official server list currently appear to be vulnerable. 👀
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iPhone, iPad, and Mac users, make sure your operating systems are fully updated! 📲 If not, malicious ads are targeting you. 🎯. #Apple #iPhone #iPhoneScam #iPad #macOS #onlinesafety #security #infosec #WebKit.
Malvertising is real, so be careful what ads get your clicks.😨.
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@theJoshMeister @BasicAppleGuy A few years ago, Kirk @McElhearn wrote “Why Apple Is Missing the Boat on Home Wi-Fi.”. He discussed, among other things, how Apple could have opted to use its Wi-Fi routers to double down on privacy (not to mention interoperability & data integrity). 🍎🛜
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iOS 12.2 is now available for all devices that support iOS 12. In addition to new features and bug fixes, it includes a whopping 51 #security updates! Go to Settings → General → Software Update to get it now..#ios #ios12 #iphone #ipad #ipodtouch #apple #appleevent #infosec
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Tales from the Hackin’ Shack with Patrick Wardle – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 200
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We've often stressed how important it is to use a VPN. On this podcast episode we welcome Andra Zaharia from @CyberGhost_EN to discuss why we all need a VPN at times.
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A Famous #SteveJobs Speech Is Hidden on Your #Mac
http://t.co/uZro7LB0oV via @osxdaily #OSX #EasterEgg.
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Apple Patches Two Actively Exploited Vulns in Monterey 12.5.1, iOS and iPadOS 15.6.1
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Atomic Stealer: Thieving Mac malware sold via Telegram
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🚨 Apple continues to welcome fraudulent, unethical apps into the iPhone App Store. 🐛🍎. Fake loan apps abound. A “to-do list” app pirates films. And an “energy monitoring” app steals an Android Bitcoin wallet’s name and logo. 👀‼️. ✍️ by @theJoshMeister
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Apple Macintosh Turns 40: A look back at 10 important milestones in the Mac’s history
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Watch out for phishing sites ending in “.zip” or “.mov” — Google has started selling these domains that look like file names. In some cases (like on Twitter), a typed file name may automatically become a link, which could potentially lead to a malicious domain.
Again, .zip domains should *not* be for sale. Google had the opportunity to own the .zip TLD while *not* selling domains for it, specifically to prevent this kind of abuse. There’s already an apparent Microsoft phishing site (screenshot in this thread). 🤦🏼♂️.
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Verified Twitter accounts were hijacked this week—what exactly happened? 🐦🔓 @McElhearn and @theJoshMeister discuss the implications on today's episode of the Intego Mac Podcast
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@theJoshMeister and @mcelhearn celebrate episode 100 of the Intego Mac Podcast with special guest @DaveHamilton and discuss #Apple's new #iPhone, #AppleWatch, #iPad, #AppleArcade, and Apple TV+.
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Can’t run the latest macOS version on your older Mac? There’s an app for that! 😄. Many old Macs (circa 2008 or later) can be upgraded to Monterey—unofficially, unsupported, and at your own risk—and some may soon be able to run Ventura, too.
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Update: Apple released Safari 15.6.1 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina to address the WebKit vulnerability. However, it remains unknown whether these older macOS versions are affected by the actively exploited kernel vulnerability—and whether Apple will patch them accordingly.
Apple Patches Two Actively Exploited Vulns in Monterey 12.5.1, iOS and iPadOS 15.6.1
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Happy 35th birthday to the Macintosh! Few products have ever made such an impact on the world as this incredible personal computer did in 1984. We're proud to support the Mac! ❤️.
35 years ago, Macintosh said hello. It changed the way we think about computers and went on to change the world. We love the Mac, and today we’re proud that more people than ever are using it to follow their passions and create the future.
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Happy 25th birthday, iMac! 🥳🎉.
25 years ago today—August 15, 1998—Apple released the very first iMac. Its color was called “Bondi blue,” named after the water at Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach. Here’s Steve Jobs enthusiastically introducing it 3 months prior (including “the coolest mouse on the planet” 😂).
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This week in Privacy News Online… the FBI accuses China of developing #Taidoor #malware, T-Mobile shadow-bans customers for texting the word "belly," and more! 🔒. Video by PIA @buyvpnservice, hosted by @briantong, featuring Intego's @theJoshMeister.
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LastPass password manager suffers massive data breach
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RustBucket: APT group targets Macs with PDF Trojan malware
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What are Passkeys, and how do they work? 🤔. Check out our article to learn more:
𝕏 now supports Passkeys on iOS. 🍎🔒. If you use the iPhone app, you’ll be able to enable this feature soon. (For me, the option is not showing up yet, even with the latest version of the X app installed.).
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How to Manage and Use Your Apple ID – The Complete Guide
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As predicted on this week’s episode of the Intego Mac Podcast (, @Apple announced a Mac bug bounty program today. This is great news! ❤️🍎🔒
Kudos to Apple for launching an open, comprehensive, competitive, bug-bounty program! 🍎🥰. Sure this mutually benefits security researchers & Apple, but end users should be also stoked on the increased security this brings🛡️ . now off to submit bugs 🐛.
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Apple patches two in-the-wild vulnerabilities for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS
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@objective_see Good guess about the name. 😉 Also, @threatpost's coverage adds additional insight into the name choice: while coming up with a name, we googled the idea "CrescentCore," and one of the top results was a 2nd variant of the unnamed malware! #Fate #MeantToBe
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macOS Mojave 10.14.4 is now available. New features + 38 #security fixes! Go to #Apple menu → About This #Mac → Software Update… to get it now (also available: security-only updates for High Sierra & Sierra). #macos #macosmojave #appleevent #applenews #applenewsplus #infosec
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An absolute pleasure speaking with @yegg about #DuckDuckGo. Big thanks to the impressive staff of @DuckDuckGo! http://t.co/kjl06WspJD.
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#Mac running slow? Clean it. Organize it. Make it faster. Download Washing Machine 2014 today: http://t.co/M7WO329eiu
http://t.co/wGAz0EZ3Vs.
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Apple issues first Rapid Security Response for macOS, iOS, iPadOS
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Featuring a weekly #cybersecurity news update from Intego's Chief Security Analyst, Josh Long (@theJoshMeister). Subscribe on YouTube📺 and hit the 🔔 to make sure you never miss any episodes!.
#PrivacyNewsOnline this week:.• #Facebook data leak.• #WiFi's new #privacy problem.• #DuckDuckGo Blocks #Google’s #FLoC.• #Gigaset #Android phone #malware.• #Windows & #Linux devices attacked by #cryptomining #worm
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Mac news sites have been reporting this week about "ShadowVault," new data-stealing macOS malware. But nobody has actually seen any confirmed samples of it yet, and it isn't known to be in the wild. 🤔. Here's what we know about ShadowVault so far. #Apple
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Apple’s Poor Patching Policies Potentially Make Users’ Security and Privacy Precarious
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Is Apple’s iCloud Private Relay a VPN? Not Even Close—Here’s Why
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The Most Important #Security Settings to Change on Your #Router
http://t.co/tyEhtQOHjW via @lifehacker
http://t.co/MQSfzUGvQf.
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There are lots of hidden features in macOS that the average user doesn't know about. Here are 6 cool Mac features that Apple hid deep within System Settings. 🍎🔍🧑💻 (✍️ by Kirk @McElhearn)
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September has been a big month for Mac malware campaigns. 🐛🍎. Here’s the latest news on three families of macOS stealer malware: AtomicStealer, MetaStealer, and Realst Stealer. (Article ✍️ by @theJoshMeister) #Apple
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