We have Adam Engst of TidBITS back again to talk about an unusual and clever scam experienced by one of his TidBITS readers. It involved fake obituaries triggering iPhone security warnings triggering App Store downloads. You can find Adam’s written article on the topic at tidbits.com/…. mp3 download Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter […]
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NC #911 Inverse Parental Controls, Automating PNG Conversion, Scan Your World in 3D with Scaniverse, iPhone 14 Pro Cameras Explained
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, October 23, 2022, and this is show number 911. mp3 download I’m Still Using It Last week I told you about a fun new audience participation game I’m […]
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Security Bits — 16 October 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Last time Bart & Allison waxed lyrical about the DART mission, but we didn’t know yet if it had worked, now we do, it did 😀 — www.nasa.gov/… The Matter home automation standard has […]
Continue readingNC #909 Tiny Mac Tips Part 5, No More Easel Charging Stands, Phishing the Elderly
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, October 9, 2022, and this is show number 909. mp3 download Tiny Mac Tips (Part One) on ScreenCastsOnline CCATP #745 – Bart Busschots on Zero Trust Articles Tiny Mac […]
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Real-Life Story of Phishing the Elderly – by Ed Tobias
This week on the NosillaCast you’re going to hear regular contributor (and good friend) Ed Tobias tell us the story of how an elderly relative of his was snared in a phishing scam. It’s a horror story but there are a few heroes in the plot as well. Below are the rough notes we used […]
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Security Bits – 14 December 2018
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 […]
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Correction – Apple’s Better Cookies are iOS 11 & macOS High Sierra Only A few weeks ago we looked at Apple’s new and improved cookie handling algorithm in detail, and we at the very least implied it was a Safari 11 feature, but it’s not, it’s an iOS 11 & macOS High Sierra feature. Even […]
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