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Phishing, passwords and passkeys, backups, and privacy settings, explained for businesses that run on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Security and privacy

Pay Attention to Unsolicited Facebook Password Reset Messages

We’ve seen an uptick in attacks on Facebook accounts that generate email messages like the one below. It’s saying someone is attempting to reset your Facebook password in order to access your…

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Make Sure to Back Up iPhone Photos on Your Mac

If your iPhone were to be stolen or suffer an unfortunate accident, would you lose all your precious photos? Those using iCloud Photos are probably shaking their heads smugly, thinking that all…

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How to Add Important Metadata to Scanned Photos

Do you have pictures that are difficult to find or make sense of in Apple’s Photos be-cause they lack dates, titles, locations, and faces? That happens regularly with scanned snapshots, so we explain how you can efficiently add metadata.

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Is Your Wi-Fi Network a Security Risk?

With Wi-Fi security, it’s easy to fall into the “out of sight, out of mind” trap. Your Wi-Fi router probably lives in a corner or closet, and of course, Wi-Fi’s radio waves are invisible. But the…

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Protect Your iPhone Passcode by Using Face ID or Touch ID

This is troubling. Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen of the Wall Street Journal have published an article(paywalled) and accompanying video that describes attacks on hundreds of iPhone users in major…

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A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails

A practical guide to spotting phishing emails: the warning signs in the sender, links, and wording, and what to do when a message looks suspicious.

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LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do

Password management company LastPass suffered a breach in which encrypt-ed customer passwords were stolen. We explain what happened, how LastPass users should react, and what lessons other organizations can learn.

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Security Questions Your Organization Should Be Asking Itself

Securing an organization’s digital assets requires ongoing attention. This article poses questions your organization should be able to answer—and that will likely come up when purchasing cyber insurance or doing work for other, larger or-ganizations.

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