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Adware is also a problem on the Mac, with software like Genieo, which was released in 2009, inserting ads into webpages and changing users' homepage and search engine. Malware has also been spread on Macs through Microsoft Word macros. MacOS, known for its robust security, has faced evolving challenges regarding malware over time.
In computer networking, a media access control attack or MAC flooding is a technique employed to compromise the security of network switches.The attack works by forcing legitimate MAC table contents out of the switch and forcing a unicast flooding behavior potentially sending sensitive information to portions of the network where it is not normally intended to go.
Front Row is a discontinued media center software application for Apple's Macintosh computers and Apple TV for navigating and viewing video, photos, podcasts and music from a computer, optical disc or the Internet through a 10-foot user interface (similar to Kodi and Windows Media Center). The software relies on iTunes and iPhoto and is ...
Anti-virus protection software is disabled without your knowledge; Your mouse is randomly opening software or files without you directing it; Any of these scenarios can be scary if they happen to you.
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Plex Inc. is an American software company that runs its namesake ad-supported television and movie streaming service, and allows discussion and discovery of content on major subscription streaming services. Plex also develops media server software and apps to let users
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Oracle, the company that develops Java, fixed the vulnerability exploited to install Flashback on February 14, 2012. [8] However, at the time of Flashback's release, Apple maintained the Mac OS X version of Java and did not release an update containing the fix until April 3, 2012, [12] after the flaw had already been exploited to install Flashback on 600,000 Macs. [13]