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Mac security expert and former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle hopes the change will demonstrate a second path for security companies besides turning to venture capital.

As more macOS patches emerge and cybercriminals and nation-states take aim at the platform, experts discuss how macOS security has evolved and how businesses can protect employees.

An Apple executive testified under oath in court that malware on Macs is at an "unacceptable" level. How bad is it really?

Commentary By Julio Rivera | May 14, 2021 | 3:25pm EDT An "Out Of Service" bag covers a gas pump as cars continue lining up for the chance to fill their gas tanks at a Circle K near uptown Charlotte, NC on May 11, 2021 following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline. (Photo credit: LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images) The Biden Administration just suffered through another week of unmitigated embarrassment on a global scale.  F...

By Eduard Kovacs on March 12, 2021 An increasing number of Mac malware developers have started creating variants that are specifically designed to run on devices powered by Apple’s M1 chip. Apple unveiled its M1 system-on-chip in November 2020 and the first malware created specifically for systems with the arm64 CPU architecture used by the M1 was apparently created in December. This was a variant of Pirrit, a piece of adware that has been around for several years. A few days after the exist...

19 February 2021, 7:55 pm EST By Apple is facing a new malware called the "Silver Sparrow" and it is the second threat for the latest M1 chip of the Cupertino giant that recently debuted last November and showcased the latest computer. Now, the macOS and the silicon chip are facing this threat that has not yet done anything against the computer and its users. (Photo : Screenshot From Marques Brownlee Official YouTube Channel) A threat is sleeping on the virus-free macOS, which was the initial ...