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Grabbing a domain name out of a URL using Shortcuts
Recently I needed the ability to grab a domain name (specifically the hostname) out of a URL using Shortcuts. I wanted to integrate this functionality into a much larger shortcut, but this ...
Apple-Notarized Malware: What It Is and How It Affects Mac Users
Malicious actors are targeting Apple. Although Apple introduced a notarization mechanism to scan and prevent malicious code from running on Apple devices, attackers have found ways to circumvent this process. Such Apple-notarized ...
Is Evernote going away?
Evidently we don't know if Evernote is sticking around, since there seems to be some panic on the internet about it today.https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/09/05/evernote-might-be-in-trouble-so-heres-how-to-get-your-notes-out-of-it-completely-and-safelyIt is really easy to move your notes out of Evernote ...
June 16th update
Android malware; Apple deters developers from sharing data without permission; Mach-O loader spoofing issue; iPhone Restricted Mode; ADB.Miner malware and a continuing vulnerability ...
The state of Mac malware
Mac users are often told that there are no Mac viruses. In reality, Mac malware does exist, as we'll see in this summary of 2018 Mac threats. Categories: Mac Tags: Applemacmac malwaremacOSosxThomas ...
Enhanced Chrome protection for macOS users
The Google security blog announces "Expanding protection for Chrome users on macOS." ...
Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
So, now that Mountain Lion has been released for everyone I thought I'd write a quick blog post on how to get the most out of iMessages (now called Messages) on your ...
ssh-agent: Abusing the trust – Part 1
This post is about ssh-agent. For those who don't know, the following best describes it (from the man page):ssh-agent is a program to hold private keys used for public key authenticationMany Unix/Linux/OSX ...
Remove that Jaguar (to the tune of Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5)
This is an ode to my iMac G3 that started acting up a couple weeks back.I ended up dumping OSX and installing Debian and the song Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5 ...
