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MacOS's Finder (and Xcode) accessing iDevices while network was off
I am trying to figure out what is wrong with my Mac.
Here are my devices:
iPad (7th generation, MW752LL/A) with iOS 14.01 (18A393),
iPad Air (MD788LL/A) with iOS 12.4.8 (16G201),
iPhone 6 Plus (...
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How to send Wi-Fi management frames from macOS?
I realise that this question has been touched on before here. However, none of the solutions suggested solved my question and they all fail to answer the overarching question of how to send all types ...
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Suspicious incoming connection attempts from random IPv6 addresses on local network on macOS
I've been using Little Snitch on my Macbook and I have since a long time a rule to alert on any incoming IPv6 connection, which would be suspicious since I use IPv4 only.
Since a couple of days I've ...
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How to route all traffic through Tor?
I have Tor setup on my MacBook and I configured my WiFi connection to use Tor's SOCKS Proxy that is running on port 9050. When I check my connection it confirms I am browsing through Tor.
However, ...
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Need help identifying the OSX process that's generating strange network traffic
Since the past few days, I noticed that my router was a bit slow, and was restarting itself at times. When looked at its logs, they had entries like:
Friday Jul 13 13:09:02 2012 1 Blocked by DoS ...
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Can a computer/MacBook be compromised/infected/hacker simply be requesting/attempt to join a network?
I was finishing a clean installation of macOS Catalina on my MacBook, and I was asked to select a wifi network. I misclicked on a wifi network with a name that's very similar to mine and was asked to ...
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Why does my MacBook air have so many MAC addresses, according to my router?
I am investigating some strange issues with my home network, and decided to have a look at my device history.
I only have one Macbook Air, but my device history is showing ten, all with different MAC ...
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Running windows in virtual machine, should I bother with security?
I'm running Windows in a virtual machine on my mac (via Parallels).
Should I bother installing antivirus, firewall and using other conventional wisdom practices (like don't open unknown .exe etc)?
I ...
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Prevent an application from making any network access on macOS
I want to run an application on macOS, but preventing it from making any type of network access, or any type of internet access.
I have seen the following possibilities:
Use the built-in firewall. ...
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Is there malware on my mac?
So, a funny thing just happened.
I have my (personal) mac connected to the wired enterprise network and have for several months. Today, a couple of guys from IT came busting through the door saying ...
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Where am I most vulnerable when running Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?
I have a challenge at work, one of our computers is running Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. We have legacy software that's required to run the business, and so we have to have it online and on our network....
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How is webrtc leaking IPs from behind a protocol agnostic, full VPN?
I am using the sshuttle VPN. It's NOT a browser plug-in or a simple proxy - it is a protocol agnostic, full VPN that sends all traffic out of any host you can ssh login to. It creates a bridge0 ...
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How can I view images in forwarded packets on (current) Mac OS X?
How can I view reassembled images on a Mac being used as a router? I'd like to do this as a demonstration of how HTTP doesn't provide privacy.
I've done some research, and on Linux there's a tool ...
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Spoofing TCP/IP stack OS Fingerprinting attacks in OSX
We need to change our OSX fingerprint in order to impersonate the Android OS against "passive OS fingerprinting" attacks.
For Windows machines there are tools/guides for doing that, but can't find ...
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Is checking out network traffic for suspected malware useless if the malicious actor is in a different timezone? [closed]
I had recently upgraded from OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) to OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) from a bootable drive that the Genius Bar of one of the my city's Apple stores has, and I installed the 10.11.1 update ...
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Verify Mac firmware is not hacked...how to do?
I have a late model Mac computer. I allowed someone to plug in a USB drive, and my network activity changed afterwards.
Normally, Little Snitch will report every app that uses the internet. Every ...
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Removing malware which is creating temp file and modifying network traffic [duplicate]
I am on OSX 10.9.2, please note I have included several URLs in my post, this is not spam this is due to the nature of the malware.
I have just discovered I have malware on my computer after noticing ...
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What firewall settings on a Macintosh are the most restrictive, while still permitting casual internet use?
I don't want this to be subjective, so I'll try to make the requirements as clear as possible.
On a Mac with Snow Leopard, how can I set up the firewall rulesets that allow ONLY:
Using the internet ...
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Security implications for two applications communicating with TCP/IP on localhost
Considering this for the local loopback connection: -
It is implemented entirely within the operating system's networking software and passes no packets to any network interface controller.
If two ...
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How to set password on applications in Mac OS to prevent an administrator to start them?
Is there any program that can set password on the app like mail or browser? I know about parent control, but I doesn't work with administrator account.
What I want is some program that blocks some ...
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