Guides

How to fix things, in plain English. The guides cover the whole household; the advisories cover one app at a time, with the version that fixes it. For a problem that’s happening right now, see the news; to check one app or company, use the search at the top.

For the household

• Harden your home

  Every way into a family home, from the router and Wi-Fi to cameras, smart locks and the kids’ devices, and how to close each one.

• Look after your parents

  What to check on a parent’s Mac and iPhone, the scams aimed at them, and how to help from a distance.

• Everyone will be hacked

  Why AI makes being targeted inevitable, and what private cybersecurity looks like done properly.

Advisories

What out-of-date apps are missing, and which version fixes it. Every advisory.

• Brave on Chromium 152

  1,159 security fixes behind, 46 critical. One of them is being used in attacks.

• Chrome before 156.0.8078.47

  353 security fixes in the latest release alone, 6 critical. Older than 153.0.8010.36: also flaws used in attacks.

• macOS Sequoia before 15.8.1

  One security fix in 15.8.1, being used in attacks. More the further back you are.

• Apps built on Electron 41

  No security fixes since 24 Aug 2026. Chromium has fixed 1,524 flaws since, 58 critical.