The next Mini’app’les meeting is Tuesday, March 15th, the third Tuesday of the month, at the Hackfactory (3119 E. 26th Street Minneapolis, MN 55406). At 6:30 p.m., members of the board and other knowledgable people will be available if you have specific questions you would like answered. We will do our best to address your question and help you troubleshoot the issue.
After talking about some of the current news, we look at security at 7:00 p.m.. We will look at different options for securing your Mac & iOS device, how to stay safe (or at least safer) when connecting to someone else’s network, and talk about questions such as “Do I need to run an anti-virus program?”, “What is ransomware?”, and “What do I do when I can’t get a Safari window to close?”
While there is no need to think that every WiFi network has been compromised and every USB charger is going to steal info from our device, we do need to be aware of the security issues and be able make informed decisions of how we protect our information.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Meeting Notes & Links
News
- Ray Tomlinson, email inventor who picked the @ sign for addresses, dies
- Pentium? Core i5? Core i7? Making sense of Intel’s convoluted CPU lineup
- Turn-by-Turn Navigation Showdown: Google Maps vs. Waze
- There’s a New SD Card Class | SD 5.0 VSC SD Is Faster & More Stable
- New OS X Ransomware KeRanger Infected Transmission BitTorrent Client Installer
- Living with: Kaspersky Internet Security
- Security tips from a super-hacker: Kevin Mitnick’s advice on protecting laptops, smartphones, and more
- [Tutorial] Disable iOS system animations (opening, closing and switching between apps) without jailbreaking (not Reduce Motion, no cross fade)
- Apple’s software SVP says quitting multitasking apps not necessary, won’t offer improved battery life
- Bill Gates says he doesn’t back FBI in case vs. Apple, encourages more discussion
- Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’
Security
- Delete Specific Application Saved States from Mac OS X Resume – reset Safari to avoid a nefarious site/installation
- Malwarebytes – malware scanner
- ClamXav – anti-virus/malware
- Little Snitch – inbound firewall
- Sophos Home – anti-virus/malware
- Bitdefender – anti-virus/malware
- DetectX – malware removal
- BlockBlock – monitors for installation of persistent daemons or agents
- DrivePulse (included with Drive Genius) – monitors changes to login items
- That One Privacy Guy’s VPN Comparison Chart
- TorGuard – Anonymous VPN
- Viscosity – OpenVPN client (included free with TorGuard subscription)