Get A Day’s Schedule From Fantastical On The Command Line With Shortcuts

| | macos, programming
I use Fantastical as it’s a much cleaner and native interface than Google Calendar, which I’m stuck using. I do like to use the command line more than GUIs and, while I ...
A green worm on a juicy red apple

Apple M-Series FAIL: GoFetch Flaw Finds Crypto Keys

GoFAIL: Researchers worm their way into broken cache-filling microcode in most Macs and iPads ...
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Deleting Duplicate Notes in Notes.app using AppleScript

| | applescript, macos, notes
I found myself digging through my Notes.app the other day and, lo and behold, there was a whole bunch of duplicate notes hanging around. Pretty sure I goofed and imported them twice ...
macOS malware cracked software trojan

Trojan Malware Hidden in Cracked macOS Software, Kaspersky Says

Newly discovered cracked applications being distributed by unauthorized websites are delivering Trojan-Proxy malware to macOS users who are looking for free or cheap versions of the software tools they want. The malware ...
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Sort emails by year, using AppleScript

| | Apple, applescript, macos
So, way back when I was using Thunderbird, I had this awesome plugin that organized my archived emails by year. It was super handy for finding stuff or just taking a trip ...
North Korea groups mix tactics against macOS

N. Korean Threat Groups Mixing Tactics to Evade Detection

Researchers with Google-owned Mandiant last month wrote about increasing collaboration among North Korea-supported threat groups as one indication of a larger evolution of the regime’s offensive cyber program. The half-dozen or so ...
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#iLeakage: All Apple CPUs Vulnerable — No Patch in Sight

Son of Spectre: No fix for iOS, “unstable” workaround for macOS ...
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Avoid libwebp Electron Woes On macOS With positron

If you’ve got 👀 on this blog (directly, or via syndication) you’d have to have been living under a rock to not know about the libwebp supply chain disaster. An unfortunate casualty ...
New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

PATCH NOW! Oh, wait, you can’t: “You are no longer connected to the internet,” it sneers ...
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3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX, a complex, lengthy intrusion that has the makings of a cyberpunk spy novel: North ...