Ray has been covering tech and cybersecurity for over 15 years. His work has appeared on TechRepublic, VentureBeat, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and the Microsoft Blog, among others.
If you’re unfortunate enough for your Mac to be infected with malware, you’re likely experiencing a flood of phony virus notifications. The only thing worse than not dealing with the situation is clicking...
The United States Department of Justice and the FBI announced that they remotely removed Chinese-linked malware from approximately 4,258 US-based computers and networks. The announcement comes at the conclusion of a multi-year international...
Like any operating system, macOS has a set of standard error messages that pop up now and then. Most of them are self-explanatory, but one — “macOS cannot verify that this app is...
Thanks to the increasing market share of Macs and MacBooks, the Apple ecosystem has never been a higher-value target for malware attacks. Unfortunately, the danger extends beyond macOS and iOS, reaching Apple’s default...
With so much data being exchanged over email, it’s easy to forget how important it is to encrypt and decrypt email attachments. If an attachment is a sensitive work file with proprietary information,...
Cybercriminals are using a new, surprisingly simple technique to bypass Apple’s SMS anti-phishing security feature. The new trick impersonates the way legitimate modern SMS bots used by governments and organizations around the world...
It was Homer who first introduced the term “trojan horse” into our vocabulary. The wooden horse that helped the Greeks invade the city of Troy has become a well-known legend around the world....
Banshee, a stealer that emerged in mid-2024 to target macOS users, has received an alarming update. The developers behind Banshee have “stolen” Apple’s XProtect encryption, giving the malware increased stealth and attack rate...
If you’re suddenly getting lots of pop-up ads appearing on your Mac screen, you likely have adware. This form of malware is becoming increasingly common and is, of course, extremely irritating to experience....
A battle to dominate the world of crypto wallet drainers has been unfolding on the dark web. Throughout 2024, a handful of cyber criminal gangs that offer crypto drainers and phishing-as-a-service have proliferated....