[Swordmaker]

"Homograph Attacks" are back for some browsers in which clicking what appears to be a link to a well known site actually takes you to a fake site that is NOT what you think it is. This works by using ASCII characters that are actually foreign characters. Fully up-to-date Apple Safari, Chrome v.60 on macOS, and Microsoft Internet Explorer are not susceptible to "Homographic Attacks" but many other popular alternative and older versions of those browsers are. Those that are immune will post the actual URL address in the address bar and often post a warning alert. The others will be spoofed into posting the incorrect URL address. A word to the wary in this Register Article worth reading. — PING!

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[itsahoot]

I downloaded a combined update last week and it warned me it wasn’t signed when I opened it. Go on line to a mac o’phile site and went to Apple link from there downloaded another copy no problem. The other site looked like Apple but..........