In this mega-show, we’ve got six awesome interviews from CES. We’ll hear about a school bus tracking system called Here Comes the bus, we’ve got a Bluetooth speaker shaped like a ball from Cylo that you can play with in the pool, a set of binoculars that could change the whole concept, a tablet just […]
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Security Bits – 25 January 2019
Followups Australia’s controversial anti-encryption law has come into effect — www.macobserver.com/… Sprint to Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation — motherboard.vice.com/…
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Followups CastHack Hackers hijack thousands of ChromeCasts to warn of latest security bug — techcrunch.com/… https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/01/04/dont-fall-victim-to-the-chromecast-hackers-heres-what-to-do/ — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Marriott now admits over 5 million passport numbers were stolen in their recent data breach — www.macobserver.com/… The first segment on episode 120 of the Checklist podcast by Secure Mac covers the convincing new phone scams targeting […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #713 Mimeo Photos, Security Bits
In this action-packed episode we really only have two topics. I’ll tell you how I’m in love with the Mimeo Photos extension for Apple Photos to make calendars. Then Bart is here for an out-of-band Security Bits so we don’t have to wait three weeks for an installment. mp3 download
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits – 3 Jan 2019
Notable Security Updates Microsoft released an emergency fix for an IE Zero-day — krebsonsecurity.com/… Logitech have released a critical security update for their Logitech Options app (used to configure some of their devices). Unfortunately the fix was two days too late, coming two days after Project Zero released details of the bug (time was up) […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #710 Apple Refurb Store, Apple Music on Amazon Echo, Security Bits
I was on Daily Tech News Show: Airplay 2: Remodel Boogaloo – DTNS 3429 at dailytechnewsshow.com. No live show next week. Bart comes on to tell us how much the Apple refurb store is. Then I’ll walk you through how to enable Apple Music on your Amazon Echo. The we have an extended play version […]
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Followup Bloomberg’s controversial The Big Hack story SuperMicro released the results of an independent audit which found no evidence of hardware or software tampering on its motherboards — www.reuters.com/… & arstechnica.com/… The Marriott Breach Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing — www.nytimes.com/… An interesting related opinion piece […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #707 Holiday Address Labels, Mind Mapping Thanksgiving, Road Warrior Setup, Smart Folio Keyboard for iPad Pro, Security Bits
I was on Mac OS Ken last week macosken.libsyn.com/… and on Clockwise this week relay.fm/…. It’s time for holiday cards, so if you want to print your own (cute) address and return labels, check out an old but still useful post to two tutorials on How to Create Address & Return Labels. Bart and I […]
Continue readingMore TagSecurity Bits – 24 November 2018
Notable Security Updates Adobe have issued an emergency patch for a critical bug in Flash — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Patch Skype for Business now or risk DoS via emoji kittens! — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Update now! Dangerous AMP for WordPress plugin fixed — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Microsoft pulls Office patches that are causing application crashes. Office365 users don’t need to take […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #706 Parallels Toolbox Revisited, Trackpad for iOS, Security Bits
In this week’s show I’ll tell you about all the new tools that have been added to Parallels Toolbox since I last told you about it, then I’ll give you an awesome Tiny Tip about how to turn your iOS keyboard into a trackpad for text insertion. Then we have a really long and fun […]
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