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Zoom installation operating as a superuser under macOS, operating under questionable practices

As useful as Zoom has become, especially in the wake of Coronavirus and the need to videoconference, the company’s once again in hot water over how some of its software operates. In addition to taking flak for not encrypting its data end to end, a developer has noted that Zoom installs into the macOS without […]

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McAffee June 2017 Threat Report shows uptick in adware for Macs

The new McAffee June 2017 Threat Report is in and it indicates that the trend in Mac malware isn’t slowing down. There were nearly 250,000 new instances of macOS malware in the first quarter of 2017, bringing the total for the quarter to just over 700,000. While Macs have never been fully immune to viruses […]