macos
Prying “.R” Script Files Away from Xcode (et al) on macOS
As the maintainer of RSwitch — and developer of my own (for personal use) macOS, iOS, watchOS, iPadOS and tvOS apps — I need the full Apple Xcode install around (more R-focused ...
Shlayer Trojan Accounted for 30 Percent of Detections for macOS in 2019
The Shlayer trojan accounted for approximately 30 percent of all of Kaspersky Lab’s malware detections for the macOS platform in 2019. Kaspersky Lab revealed on Securelist that Shlayer has been the most ...
5 Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Popular Apps
The 2019 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors lists improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer as the most critical weakness that leads to a dangerous vulnerability ...
Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros
It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in the years ...
Spelunking macOS ‘ScreenTime’ App Usage with R
Apple has brought Screen Time to macOS for some time now and that means it has to store this data somewhere. Thankfully, Sarah Edwards has foraged through the macOS filesystem for us ...
Critical Security Vulnerability Disclosed in iTerm2 App
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the popular iTerm2 application, an open source terminal emulator program designed to replace the default Apple Terminal in macOS. iTerm2 often finds its way into ...
CookieMiner malware targets Macs, steals passwords and SMS messages, mines for cryptocurrency
Mac users can't ignore the need to protect their computers from malware with up-to-date anti-virus software and other security tools. The post CookieMiner malware targets Macs, steals passwords and SMS messages, mines ...
[Infographic] macOS Native Security Configurations and osquery
Be it for macOS or my dog eating out of the trash, there is no such thing as a bullet-proof security policy. It’s all about creating a threshold of standards- something to ...
RSwitch 1.5.0 Release Now Also Corrals RStudio Server Connections
RSwitch is a macOS menubar application that works on macOS 10.14+ and provides handy shortcuts for developing with R on macOS. Version 1.5.0 brings a reorganized menu system and the ability to ...
RSwitch 1.4.1 Released
A minor update to RSwitch has been released. Apart from some internal code reorganization there are three user-facing changes. First, RSwitch is now notarized! That means you won’t get a notice about ...
