by Austin MacWorks | Mar 4, 2019 | Security, Software
A significant danger to businesses today is phishing—the act of forging email to fool someone into revealing login credentials, credit card numbers, or other sensitive information. Of course, phishing is a problem for individuals too, but attackers more frequently...
by Austin MacWorks | Jan 22, 2019 | Security
If a new Mac has recently arrived in your life, congratulations! It may be time to hand your old Mac down to a friend or family member, pass it on to a coworker, or send it back to Apple for recycling. Here’s what to do. Backup Before anything else, make a backup,...
by Austin MacWorks | Dec 14, 2018 | Security
Have you gotten an email message whose Subject line says something like “Change your password immediately! Your account has been hacked.”? If not, it may be only a matter of time before you do. It’s a scary message, especially because it contains one of your...
by Austin MacWorks | Aug 20, 2018 | Security
There’s an internet saying: “If you’re not the customer, you’re the product.” The point is that, if you’re getting a service for free, the company providing it sees you not as a customer, but as a product to sell, generally to advertisers. This is how Google,...
by Austin MacWorks | Jul 19, 2018 | Applications, Security
Data breaches have become commonplace, with online thieves constantly breaking into corporate and government servers and making off with millions—or even hundreds of millions!—of email addresses, often along with other personal information like names, physical...
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