Re: Warning: New MacBook Pro M4 Pro & Old Monitor
All of the following are 27-inch IPS 4K monitors... If you don't mind a Chinese monitor, check out these amazing deals: YEYIAN ODRAZ 27¡± IPS Panel HDR 4K UHD Slim Bezel PC Gaming Monitor 3840x2160,
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Randy B. Singer
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Warning: New MacBook Pro M4 Pro & Old Monitor
A friend of mine just bought a brand new 14¡± MacBook Pro M4 Pro 24 GB / 2 TB to replace his very old ¡°black chimney¡± Mac Pro. Monterey didn¡¯t do it for him anymore. But OK. new MacBook pro
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Peter Rasmusen
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Samsung SSD Deal!
Samsung's wildly popular external SSD drives are currently on sale on Amazon! SAMSUNG T7 Portable SSD, External Solid State Drive 1TB $90 2TB $140 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0874XN4D8/
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: M2 Mac mini $302
I have one of those Minis ¡ it¡¯s a great computer ¡ and you¡¯re so right. That is a great deal! Peter ---- ?? Greenland is not for sale!
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Peter Rasmusen
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M2 Mac mini $302
This is a pretty impressive sounding deal. I thought that some of you might find it interesting. Refurbished Apple 2023 Mac Mini Desktop M2 $309
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: New Phishing campaign
Every single browser for the Macintosh that I know of includes Google¡¯s Safe Browsing technology. It has nothing to do with Google¡¯s search service. So, yes, if you come across a phishing Web
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: New Phishing campaign
The article suggests that Safari is one browser targeted. The google link is to report the phishing if you encounter it regardless of your browser choice. -- Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ From:
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Vince Winterling
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Re: New Phishing campaign
What if I do not use google? should I send phishing to Google anyway?
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Ellen Lerner
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Re: New Phishing campaign
The cited article says that you only get the phishing attempt if you miss-type the URL for the page that you are trying to access. You end up at a site created to serve up the phishing attempt with a
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: New Phishing campaign
On Mar 21, 2025, at 12:18, John via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote: p.s. What exactly is your "StartPage?" 1) a blank page 2) a home page 3) something else? That¡¯s the actual name of
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Michael Russo
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Re: New Phishing campaign
My guess is that the CAPTCHA lets everyone thru, and is a fake also. You probably were redirected to a phone captcha page, too. Either way, it is good you were cautious. Brent On my late 2012 Mac mini
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Brent
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Re: New Phishing campaign
My impression is the is just simple phishing is by both the hackers and by the anti-AV developer. The article and most others that referenced the LayerX-Labs-blog use a lot of BA buzzwords. It would
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Brent
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Re: New Phishing campaign
Wow! Thank you Michael for your compelling recount of the CAPTCHA trap. I've never encountered this, yet, but now that I'm aware I'll know to quit out of browser, and reconnect. A million thanks
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John
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Re: New Phishing campaign
Thank you, Dutch, for this article. ?I encountered this two nights ago on my phone. I use¡ ¡ª iPhone 14 Pro ¡ª iOS 18.3.2 (current) ¡ª Brave Browser on above device ¡ª StartPage search engine
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Michael Russo
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Re: New Phishing campaign
Thank you Dutch. Great article. Interesting how it morphed from Windoz to Mac. I can see how this kind of attack could work. A friend of mine had something very similar to this. It's not your typical
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John
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New Phishing campaign
https://layerxsecurity.com/blog/layerx-identifies-new-phishing-campaign-targeted-at-mac-users/? LayerX Labs Identifies New Phishing Campaign Targeted at Mac Users - LayerX layerxsecurity.com
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Dutch Junge
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Re: One for Randy: Failing SSD
If the drive mounts, you could use a tool like DriveDx to check the SSD¡¯s Lifetime Left. Might shed some light on its condition.
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Ben Rosenthal
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Re: One for Randy: Failing SSD
Just out of curiosity, how old is this drive? Jerry
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Jerald Levinson
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Re: One for Randy: Failing SSD
You don¡¯t erase SSD¡¯s, it damages them. Apple has specifically removed the tools to do that from Disk Utility for that very reason. You repair an SSD by running First Aid. If First Aid doesn¡¯t
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: One for Randy: Failing SSD
No, the problem is, that is was working perfectky ¡. untill I tried to erase it / format it. I can¡¯t seem to do that, so I was just looking for ¡°other ways¡± to TRY TO erase/reset/revive it :-)
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Peter Rasmusen
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