Dave Lee A new “text bomb” affecting Apple’s iPhone and Mac computers has been discovered. Abraham Masri, a software developer, tweeted about the flaw which typically causes an iPhone to…
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Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware
By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent Mac users are being warned about new variants of malware that have been created specifically to target Apple computers. One is ransomware that encrypts data…
MacKeeper users' details leaked online
Users of a popular utility designed to “optimise” Apple Mac computers have had their details leaked online. Kromtech – the German-based firm behind MacKeeper – has acknowledged that its customers’…
All eyes on the jailbroken as iOS, Mac OS X threat level ratchets up
Number of new problems rising, says Symantec. John Leyden The number of iOS threats discovered this year has more than doubled, from three in 2014 to seven so far in…
Windows XP reached its end of life
How long does it take to patch an entire distribution and bring it up to date? Longer than you think. Morey Haber: When Windows XP reached its end of life,…