The WannaCry ransomware attack that hit nations around the world over the weekend may just be warming up, according to security experts.

In case you haven’t heard, there was a major ransomware attack on Friday whose effects were felt across the globe in 150 countries by 200,000 victims.

Earlier at the middle of May, a ransomware called Wannacry attacked the Windows operating system on the Internet. Ransomware use the advantage Windows SMB to launch an attack to all Windows who don’t have fixed the path of MS17-010, it would carry through osmotic transmission to the terminal user, and blackmail them with Bitcoin or other valuable things.

Instead of being worried and afraid like Windows users, on the other hand, users of Mac are such grateful that their devices are not under attack, but that doesn’t mean Mac users can rest assured easily.

According to CNBC, security risk management expert Aleksandr Yampolskiy said, Mac is also fragile and easily to be victim of this sort of ransomware in fact, it is totally wrong that those who thought Wannacry is no matter to launch attack for Mac.

Yampolskiy is the creator of SecurityScorecard, and also its CEO, he said，“This attack is only aim the targets as Windows users, Apple devices is possible losing battle under this type of cyberattack anyway”

No response has been made to the issue by Apple since the report of CNBC yet.

Yampolskiy also stressed, even if the users store their information and data to iCloud, the security itself won’t be able to improve to higher level.

“If you put the information and data to iCloud, you actually fully depend on third parties and service providers to offer protection, that is to say, once they are attacked, you are in trouble inevitably”

Apple released the macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta on January this year, so now it can properly display. exe executable file.

macOS 10.12.4 is macOS Sierra another major version update, except for bringing iOS Night Shift patterns, also making improvement for PDF API, and reinforcing Siri more powerful. In addition, many users have found that macOS Sierra 10.12.4 now can better able to deal with Windows in the Finder executable (.exe), this is absolutely a good news for them.

Vaclav Vancura, Microsoft’s Mac product designers, who has found that Windows executable file is no longer use the generic icon as before, now macOS Sierra 10.12.4 can analysis in Windows. Exe files normally, and display a usual icon, too. Of course, it does not mean that you can run .exe files of Windows in Finder of Mac. If it is needed to use Windows programs directly on macOS, which we need to install a virtual machine software, for example, Parallels Desktop. But there are also people who believe that for new users, it may cause problems and make them confused, because when they see. Exe icon they may think that these files can run by double-clicked. Vancura gave his advice here, he think it can add the corner mark to executable to remind users these Windows file cannot be directly run. (see the pisture below)

The macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta was released by Apple, if you are interested in it you may wish to join apple’s demo project to experience the new functionality now. Don’t know how to update the latest version? Click here to learn more.

According the report of 9to5Mac, Apple announced that its video editing application Final Cut Pro X had reached 2 million users above in the annual meeting of the National Broadcasting Company Association.

Apple said, after the release of Final Cut Pro X 10.0 in five and a half years, the users of this professional video editing application finally reached 2 million. What is noteworthy is that the adoption rate of the application is still increasing rapidly.

As for Final Cut Pro X, it is significant meaning to reach the milestone of 2 million users. In addition, the released version 10.0 can be said to be completely rewrote the app of Apple, while most of the users don’t care about it.

About the new version interface

Professional users can’t get very used to it after new user interface as well as part specialized function by detachment. Randy Ubillos, who is the creator of Final Cut Pro, had expected that these reactions, and suggested that Apple give people a free copy of version 7 alongside version 10 so that they had a choice of UI and also time to adapt to the new approach. Of course, Apple rejected this idea.

After several versions of amendments and adjustments, new UI interface finally get recognized by the users. At present, Final Cut Pro x has become one of the two major professional nonlinear video editing applications, while the other one is Adobe Premiere.

So far, user can download the 10.3.3 version of Final Cut Pro X in Mac App Store, and its price is $299, a 30-day free trial is available.

Apple Inc. and German software in recently announced that they will join hands to develop and release an application which aims at helping the developers build iPhone apps for big businesses, and the release day is March 30.

Last year, these two big firms had been started this collaboration, and focused on designing a tool which allow developers of SAP SE easily fee data between SAP’s business-oriented software systems and Apple’s consumer-oriented iOS mobile platform, while the most of SAP’s systems in currently only can be used on personal computers. (more…)

Apple is reportedly developing a new chip which is specifically for the Mac laptops, and used to boost battery life, and also get more independence from Intel chips.

Bloomberg said that Apple is now working on designing a chip for Mac laptops, which contains some basic functions like improving the battery life while in sleep mode (more…)