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Little Snitch 6.0 released, offers expanded DNS encryption, easier network visualization, other new features

One of the coolest bits of shareware just got a hefty update. Little Snitch, which monitors Mac network traffic for suspicious activity, has reached version 6.0, remains focused around the easy blacklisting and whitelisting of apps and services, and offers the following of new fixes and features: Little Snitch 6 retails for $59 as a […]

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“OSX.EvilQuest” malware/ransomware located in the wild, fixes available

Another reason not to trust heavily in pirated software. Per Thomas Reed of Malwarebytes, a new piece of macOS ransomware has been located online. The software, termed “OSX.EvilQuest,” poses as a Google Software Update app, and was found inside a pirated Mac tool called Little Snitch. Another one was found in DJ software Mixed In Key 8. […]

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Little Snitch 3.5 nightly build 4226 released, offers SSH fixes

Little Snitch, the popular network utility by Objective Development Software Gmbh, has been updated to version 3.5, its nightly build number 4226, a 22.2 megabyte download adding the following fixes and changes: – Little Snitch menubar item no longer occupies space when disabled. – Added support for showing iOS App Extension icons. – Improved handling […]

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F-Secure identifies new Mac trojan masquerading as Flash Player update

Sometimes you get the feeling that that the security war never really ends. Per Macworld, F-Secure has reported on a new, scarier-than-usual Mac Trojan horse masquerading as a Flash installer. The downside is that if you do fall victim to the Trojan, it disables your Mac’s automatic malware definition updates. F-Secure, which has a report […]