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Security Bite: Walmart not supporting Apple Pay is a security risk
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (408+ words) Arin Waichulis is a security writer for 9to5Mac and Director of Social Media for the 9to5 family of sites (9to5Mac, Electrek, 9to5Google, DroneDJ, Space Explored, 9to5Toys). His hobbies include security research and taking his dog Teddy to the park. Follow Arin on X, Threads, Instagram…...
Apple @ Work: Password Utility solves the FileVault reboot headache for remote Macs
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (238+ words) Password Utility solves this by enabling an authenticated restart workflow. It effectively stages the credentials so that when the Mac reboots, it automatically unlocks FileVault and boots all the way to the macOS login window. This means the Mac joins…...
Security Bite Podcast: The evolution of macOS threat hunting with Jaron Bradley
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (401+ words) Arin Waichulis is a security writer for 9to5Mac and Director of Social Media for the 9to5 family of sites (9to5Mac, Electrek, 9to5Google, DroneDJ, Space Explored, 9to5Toys). His hobbies include security research and taking his dog Teddy to the park. Follow Arin on X, Threads, Instagram…...
PSA: Google Chrome 151 to drop support for macOS 12 Monterey
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (212+ words) The Chrome Platform Status blog has confirmed that Chrome 150 will be the last version compatible with macOS 12. Here's what that means. From Chrome Platform Status: Chrome 150 will be the last release to support macOS 12; Chrome 151+ will no longer support macOS…...
Mosyle identifies one of the first known AI-assisted Mac malware threats
1+ week, 3+ day ago (281+ words) Mosyle, a popular Apple device management and security firm, has exclusively shared details with 9to5Mac on a previously unknown macOS malware campaign. While crypto miners on macOS aren't anything new, the discovery appears to be the first Mac malware sample uncovered…...
Are people updating to iOS 26? Here’s what the data reportedly shows
1+ week, 4+ day ago (310+ words) iOS 26 has been available for nearly four months, yet reporting from Statcounter indicates the iPhone update is lagging significantly behind predecessors in adoption, with most users opting to stay on iOS 18. Meanwhile, data from TelemetryDeck paints a different picture. Statcounter…...
Security Bite: How to quickly password protect image files on Mac
2+ week, 5+ day ago (378+ words) Not to worry. There's another solution that requires fewer clicks and can be done in seconds" Enter Preview. Yes, the beloved built-in macOS image viewer we all know and love! By converting your graphics file to a PDF, you can…...
Security Bite: What ‘Ask App Not to Track’ actually does
2+ week, 6+ day ago (504+ words) When Apple dropped App Tracking Transparency (ATT) prompts in iOS 14.5 back in 2021, it was a watershed moment for user privacy within third-party applications. Nothing like it had existed prior. The initiative gave iPhone users control over whether their in-app data…...
Security Bite: A note on the growing problem of Apple-notarized malware on macOS
3+ week, 1+ day ago (308+ words) After speaking with multiple people familiar with the matter, there are a few ways threat actors are going about achieving this. In many cases, they're using a combination of the following: Signed and notarized malicious apps could be operating with…...
Apple @ Work: Dashlane’ Passkey Power Report shows why enterprise IT must prepare for a passwordless future
3+ week, 2+ day ago (796+ words) Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle,the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at…...