https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en HisnLabs articles on Mac security and privacy: what apps and AI agents send from a Mac, firewalls, Tor and on-device AI, with the FireAI docs and FireAI Radar reports. en https://hisnlabs.com/apple-touch-icon-3d.png https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/leaked-id-number-scam-messages-five-signs https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/leaked-id-number-scam-messages-five-signs Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT After a register leak, scam messages quote your real name, address and ID number. Why accurate details prove nothing, and the five signs the UK NCSC lists. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-assistant-memory-what-it-stores-and-how-to-forget https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-assistant-memory-what-it-stores-and-how-to-forget Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude now remember users. What their memory keeps, how forgetting works, what embeddings leak, and what keeping memory on a Mac changes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/call-transcription-consent-france-morocco-ai-note-takers https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/call-transcription-consent-france-morocco-ai-note-takers Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Recording or transcribing a private call without consent is an offence in France and Morocco. What the texts say, how meeting apps ask, and what local AI changes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/cloud-voice-assistants-recordings-on-device-speech https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/cloud-voice-assistants-recordings-on-device-speech Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alexa, Gemini and Siri differ in where speech is processed and how long recordings and transcripts are kept. A source-based review, and what on-device AI changes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/dns-leaks-tor-macos-per-app-dns https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/dns-leaks-tor-macos-per-app-dns Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A DNS lookup names the site before any connection starts. How DNS leaks happen on macOS, why .onion names are special, and how to test for a leak. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/freelancer-client-confidentiality-cloud-ai-data-minimisation https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/freelancer-client-confidentiality-cloud-ai-data-minimisation Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Client names typed into cloud to-do and AI apps reach a third party. Professional secrecy, GDPR data minimisation and processor duties, set out from the texts. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/threat-model-journalists-researchers-mac-tor https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/threat-model-journalists-researchers-mac-tor Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Who sees what when a journalist or researcher works on a Mac: the ISP, the Wi-Fi operator, the website and a two-ended observer, with and without per-app Tor. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/tor-new-identity-newnym-circuit-renewal https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/tor-new-identity-newnym-circuit-renewal Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Tor’s New Identity, the NEWNYM signal and the ten-minute circuit rule renew, what stays the same (guard, logins, fingerprints), and what renewal costs. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/tor-path-selection-speed-anonymity https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/tor-path-selection-speed-anonymity Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tor draws relays at random, weighted by bandwidth, and keeps a few long-lived guards. Why picking the fastest route can reveal where a user is, from the research. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/onion-services-v3-addresses-rfc-7686 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/onion-services-v3-addresses-rfc-7686 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A v3 .onion address is the service’s public key. Why RFC 7686 keeps .onion out of DNS, why ordinary browsers refuse it, and how to reach onion services safely. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/per-app-tor-routing-macos-vpn-split-routing https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/per-app-tor-routing-macos-vpn-split-routing Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A full-device VPN mixes every app behind one address and has documented gaps. How macOS transparent proxies route per app, and where fail-closed and DNS matter. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/relay-authority-tor-relay-reputation-score https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/relay-authority-tor-relay-reputation-score Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Malicious Tor relays have run large shares of the network. How a 0 to 100 relay score can be built from public Tor data, and what no score can detect. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/what-tor-hides-and-what-it-does-not https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/what-tor-hides-and-what-it-does-not Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tor hides your IP address from the sites you reach. Logins, browser fingerprints, local DNS and plaintext at the exit stay visible. A source-based review. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/best-mac-firewall-2026 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/best-mac-firewall-2026 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The macOS firewall, LuLu, Radio Silence, Murus, Vallum, Little Snitch and FireAI, compared on the questions that decide the choice: direction, alerts, rules and price, from each vendor’s own pages. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-exfiltration-mac-detect-stop https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-exfiltration-mac-detect-stop Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How data leaves a Mac, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK’s Exfiltration tactic (TA0010): infostealers, web services, AI agents, and the network signals, such as upload spikes, that give it away. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-to-turn-on-mac-firewall https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-to-turn-on-mac-firewall Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Step-by-step: turn on the macOS firewall, enable stealth mode and allow an app through it, from Apple’s own guides. Then the part it leaves open: outgoing connections. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-aider-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-aider-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Aider is an open-source Python tool for AI pair programming in the terminal. See how it installs on a Mac, what it sends over the network and how FireAI flags new destinations. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-amp-agent-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-amp-agent-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Amp is a coding agent with a CLI and a Mac app that syncs threads to ampcode.com. See what its docs say about data flow and settings, and how FireAI flags new destinations. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-any-ai-agent-mac-python-node-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-any-ai-agent-mac-python-node-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI agents outside FireAI's list of 19 still get connection prompts and per-app rules. How node and python agents appear, and how to cover them with rules and security modes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-chatgpt-mac-app-network-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-chatgpt-mac-app-network-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The ChatGPT Mac app is a native OpenAI client that also carries OpenAI’s dots. A reported 2026 flaw, what a firewall can and cannot see, and how FireAI flags new destinations. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-claude-code-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-claude-code-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Claude Code runs commands and opens connections on your Mac. What Anthropic documents about its permissions and domains, and how FireAI flags a new destination or upload spike. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-claude-desktop-app-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-claude-desktop-app-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Claude desktop app has Chat, Cowork and Code tabs. What Anthropic documents about its hosts and permission modes, and how FireAI flags a new destination or an upload spike. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-crush-agent-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-crush-agent-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crush is a Go terminal coding agent from Charm with permission prompts, MCP and provider catalogue updates. See what it can reach on a Mac and how FireAI watches its connections. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-cursor-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-cursor-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cursor’s agent runs terminal commands and talks to several Cursor domains. What its docs say about run modes, the macOS sandbox and hosts, and how FireAI flags a new destination. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-gemini-cli-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-gemini-cli-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gemini CLI by Google runs shell commands, reads files and fetches web pages from your terminal. See its documented sandbox and trusted folders, and how FireAI flags new destinations. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-github-copilot-cli-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-github-copilot-cli-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT GitHub Copilot CLI edits files and runs commands from your terminal. See its trusted directories and approval prompts, and how FireAI flags new destinations and upload spikes on a Mac. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-goose-agent-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-goose-agent-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Goose is an open-source AI agent from the Agentic AI Foundation with a desktop app, a CLI and MCP extensions. See what it can reach on a Mac and how FireAI watches its connections. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-hermes-agent-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-hermes-agent-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hermes Agent from Nous Research runs terminal commands and a messaging gateway. See its documented approvals and sandboxes, and how FireAI flags new destinations and upload spikes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-kiro-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-kiro-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kiro is an AWS agentic IDE. Read its documented permission model and data handling, then watch its Mac network connections with FireAI and block a first-ever destination. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-muse-meta-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-muse-meta-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Muse is described by Meta as a personal AI agent. What is verifiable about it, and how to watch its network connections on a Mac with FireAI and flag a new destination. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-openai-codex-cli-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-openai-codex-cli-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI’s Codex CLI runs commands in a macOS Seatbelt sandbox with network off by default. What the docs say about sandbox modes and approvals, and how FireAI flags a new destination. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-openclaw-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-openclaw-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenClaw runs shell commands, files and a browser on your Mac and talks to messaging apps. Learn what its docs say about access, and how FireAI watches where it connects. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-opencode-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-opencode-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT opencode is an open-source terminal coding agent with a permissive default permission model and an optional share feature. Learn what it can reach on a Mac and how FireAI flags new destinations. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-qwen-code-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-qwen-code-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Qwen Code is an open-source terminal coding agent that runs on Node.js. See what it can reach on a Mac, its approval modes and sandbox, and how FireAI watches its connections. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-trae-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-trae-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What can be verified about the Trae AI coding tool, and how to watch its network connections on a Mac with FireAI: 3-day learning, new-destination flags and upload spikes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-windsurf-network-mac-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/monitor-windsurf-network-mac-fireai Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What the Windsurf AI editor can reach on a Mac, its documented terminal permission levels, and how FireAI learns its connections and flags a new destination or an upload spike. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-recognises-ai-agents-macos-data-exfiltration https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-recognises-ai-agents-macos-data-exfiltration Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI 1.0.4 names 19 AI agents on a Mac, including those run by node or python, and flags or blocks their new destinations. Mapped to the OWASP 2025 and 2026 risk lists. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-vs-little-snitch https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-vs-little-snitch Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI and Little Snitch compared on rules, AI review, blocklists, history, Intel support, price and trial, from each vendor’s own pages, checked October 2026. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-vs-lulu https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-vs-lulu Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI and LuLu compared on price, source code, rules, browser hostnames, reputation checks, AI review, Intel support and trial, from each project’s own pages, checked October 2026. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ai-on-intel-mac-with-ollama https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ai-on-intel-mac-with-ollama Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs On a Mac with an Intel processor, FireAI’s AI runs through Ollama, a free app that runs the same model on your Mac. FireAI guides you through the setup in three steps. Available since FireAI 1.0.5. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/agent-profile https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/agent-profile Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI recognises 19 AI agents, from Claude Code and Cursor to OpenClaw, Hermes Agent and Gemini CLI, learns where each normally connects, and flags a first-ever destination or an upload spike for your review, without reading your data. The Agent profile mode goes further and blocks a new destination until you allow it. Available since FireAI 1.0.2. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/openclaw-hermes-agent-security-incidents-2026 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/openclaw-hermes-agent-security-incidents-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A sourced summary of published 2026 security findings about OpenClaw and Hermes Agent: exposed instances, malicious skills, prompt injection, bans, and attackers using Hermes. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/best-ai-model-security-tools-2026 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/best-ai-model-security-tools-2026 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A balanced roundup of open tools that secure AI models and LLM applications in 2026, grouped by job, with maintainers, licences, limits and where network controls fit. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-1-0-see-your-mac-network-at-a-glance https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-1-0-see-your-mac-network-at-a-glance Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI 1.0 from HisnLabs redesigns the World map, Activity, Home and alerts so network state is shown, not read, and acting takes fewer steps than 0.1.8. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-pilot-learns-every-network https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-pilot-learns-every-network Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI 0.1.8 teaches FireAI Pilot the difference between networks and security modes: a connection allowed at home can stay blocked on café or jobsite Wi-Fi. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-protects-desktop-from-openclaw-mistakes https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-protects-desktop-from-openclaw-mistakes Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five documented risk classes of running an AI agent with shell access on macOS, the FireAI network controls that limit each, and the risks a firewall cannot address. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-anthropic-red-teams-claude https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-anthropic-red-teams-claude Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Anthropic publishes about red-teaming Claude, which methods a deployer can reuse, which stay with the model developer, and what remains with you. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/openclaw-vs-hermes-agent https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/openclaw-vs-hermes-agent Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenClaw and Hermes Agent are MIT-licensed personal AI agents with shell, file and messaging access. A comparison of design, memory, skills and documented security issues. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/shared-responsibility-for-llms https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/shared-responsibility-for-llms Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How cloud shared responsibility applies to LLMs: Microsoft and CSA models, EU AI Act duties of model providers and deployers, and a table for API use. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ask-fireai-in-your-language https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ask-fireai-in-your-language Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI’s window comes in 16 languages, and Ask FireAI understands orders typed in any of them. This page shows how to switch FireAI’s language and one tested, everyday order per language. Available since FireAI 0.1.8. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/fireai-pilot-learns-per-network https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/fireai-pilot-learns-per-network Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI Pilot keeps separate lessons for each Wi-Fi network and each security mode, so a connection you allow at home can stay blocked on a café or jobsite Wi-Fi. Available since FireAI 0.1.8. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/requests-by-country-and-upload-spikes https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/requests-by-country-and-upload-spikes Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The World map counts your requests per country, turns the globe to any country you pick, and warns in red when your Mac suddenly sends a lot of data to one country. Available since FireAI 1.0.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/quick-review-suggestions https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/quick-review-suggestions Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Quick Review shows your pending suggestions one card at a time: swipe or press an arrow key to block or allow, and FireAI makes the rule and learns from your answer. Available since FireAI 1.0.0. https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-decision-model-vs-gemma https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-decision-model-vs-gemma Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Radar Can a small, non-generative decision model replace the language model for turning plain-language orders into settings, and be much faster? About a hundred times faster, and not usable zero-shot for firewall orders: it confused games with the kill switch and "turn off" with "turn on". The speed is real, so the two-brain idea stays on the radar; the next candidates are models trained for one narrow decision (is this address risky?) rather than general question answering. https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-mlx-swift https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-mlx-swift Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Radar Can a Mac security app ship a useful language model without sending anything to the cloud, and without hurting the Mac? Adopt. Small on-device models are good enough for understanding orders and explaining decisions. Loading the model on demand and releasing it when idle matters as much as the model choice: a firewall should never be the app that ate your memory. https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-blocked-pages-pir https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-blocked-pages-pir Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Radar Can FireAI block a single page, such as one YouTube channel, everywhere on the Mac, and not only in one browser, without learning what the family browses? Trial. It works where Apple's networking is used, which covers the default browser and most apps. For other browsers, the honest answer today is the "Safari only" switch, so the app now offers both together, clearly labelled beta. https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-idle-cpu https://hisnlabs.com/en/radar#report-idle-cpu Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Radar Why did FireAI use about 30 percent CPU while doing nothing, and what does a firewall that runs all day actually need to redraw? Adopt "animate once, then rest", and hold on anything that loops forever. The biggest costs were things nobody notices: a pulse that never stops, a blur being animated and numbers refreshed faster than anyone can read. There is more to gain, and profiling continues. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-cybersecurity-career-guide https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-cybersecurity-career-guide Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI cybersecurity is not one job. It is at least four: adversarial testing of models, securing the software around them, using AI inside detection work, and governing how an organisation adopts it. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/are-ai-certifications-worth-it https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/are-ai-certifications-worth-it Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A balanced look at what AI and AI-security certifications actually test, how fast the field under them changes, what public data says about their value, and the alternatives that exist alongside them. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/parental-controls-fireai-0-1-7 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/parental-controls-fireai-0-1-7 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI 0.1.7 adds Parental Controls: six shields that block adult sites, gambling, drugs, games, ads and scams in every app, plus a one-click Child Safety First preset. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/parental-controls https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/parental-controls Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Parental Controls turns on shields that block whole categories of websites for every app and browser on the Mac, from lists kept up to date by their publishers, with a one-click Child Safety First preset. Available since FireAI 0.1.7. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/set-up-child-safety-first https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/set-up-child-safety-first Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Turn on Child Safety First in Parental Controls to block adult, gambling, drug and game sites and keep your child on Safari, then check that it works. Available since FireAI 0.1.7. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/how-ask-fireai-understands-you https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/how-ask-fireai-understands-you Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Ask FireAI reads an order with a strict parser first and only asks the on-device model when it has to. This page publishes the model’s full instructions, the answer format, the safety checks and the orders we test it with. Available since FireAI 0.1.7. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/fireai-help-in-the-app https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/fireai-help-in-the-app Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI Help finds a feature from everyday words, tells you where it is, and with Show me opens the page and highlights the exact spot. Available since FireAI 0.1.7. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-0-1-6-weekend-security-challenge https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-0-1-6-weekend-security-challenge Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT FireAI 0.1.6 is out: Who’s online, USB Network Protection, fake Wi-Fi warnings, Clipboard Armor and AirDrop Shield. A 48-hour challenge to try them all. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-fireai-puts-ai-inside-the-firewall https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/how-fireai-puts-ai-inside-the-firewall Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Classic firewall prompts show process names and IP addresses, so people click Allow blindly. FireAI’s on-device AI turns each one into a sentence you can act on. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mr-robot-hacks-real-mac-defense https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mr-robot-hacks-real-mac-defense Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT USB sticks in a parking lot, a Raspberry Pi hidden in a data center, a fake cell tower: we take the show’s most famous hacks apart and check them against a modern Mac. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/rogue-device-on-your-network-raspberry-pi https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/rogue-device-on-your-network-raspberry-pi Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A tiny computer hidden on your network is a real attacker technique. Here’s how to see every device on your Wi-Fi from your Mac, recognize the odd one out, and get told when it comes back. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/usb-drop-attack-mac https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/usb-drop-attack-mac Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leave a USB stick in a parking lot and someone will plug it in. What that stick can do to a Mac, what macOS already blocks, and the gap a firewall closes. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/whos-online https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/whos-online Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Who’s online lists the devices on your home or office network with their maker and type, lets you name them, and sends a Mac notification when a device you watch joins or leaves. Available since FireAI 0.1.6. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/coffee-shop-armor https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/coffee-shop-armor Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI checks every Wi-Fi network your Mac joins, switches to Coffee shop mode on an open or weakly secured one, and warns you when a network looks like a fake copy of one you know. Available since FireAI 0.1.6. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/usb-network-protection https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/usb-network-protection Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs USB Network Protection makes FireAI treat any app launched from a USB stick, SD card or external disk as a stranger: it always asks first, and in Paranoid or Under attack it’s refused outright. Available since FireAI 0.1.6. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/clipboard-armor https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/clipboard-armor Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Clipboard Armor flags an app’s first-ever connection when it happens seconds after your clipboard changes, a timing pattern clipboard stealers rely on, without ever reading what you copied. Available since FireAI 0.1.6. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/airdrop-shield https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/airdrop-shield Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs AirDrop Shield shows whether your Mac is visible over AirDrop to everyone, your contacts, or no one, and nudges you when it’s visible to everyone on a network you don’t trust. Available since FireAI 0.1.6. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/death-of-passive-defense-static-edr-agentic-attacks https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/death-of-passive-defense-static-edr-agentic-attacks Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT EDR is built to spot bad binaries and bad behaviour. An AI agent hijacked by injected instructions uses neither: it acts through tools you already trust. What that means, honestly, for defence. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/electron-forensic-footprint-desktop-web-apps-egress-nightmare https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/electron-forensic-footprint-desktop-web-apps-egress-nightmare Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Electron bundles Chromium and Node.js into one process model. We unpacked a real, installed app’s archive to show what that means for security review and for network firewalls. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/encrypted-client-hello-ech-doh-blind-perimeter-firewalls https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/encrypted-client-hello-ech-doh-blind-perimeter-firewalls Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ECH (RFC 9849) hides the real hostname in the TLS handshake and DoH hides the DNS lookup. What that takes away from network firewalls, what it does not, and where visibility moves. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-fight-digital-distraction-schoolwork-mac https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/fireai-fight-digital-distraction-schoolwork-mac Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT macOS already has real tools for a focused homework session: a clean desktop, Screen Time limits, scheduled Focus. Here is what each one actually does, and where they stop. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/jev-system-one-decision-models https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/jev-system-one-decision-models Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT TypeSafe AI says its new model Jev answers in milliseconds with a typed, calibrated decision instead of a paragraph. Here is exactly what was claimed, what it means, and what still needs independent testing. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/local-llm-insecure-defaults-workstation-risk https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/local-llm-insecure-defaults-workstation-risk Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Local models feel private because nothing leaves for the cloud. Two real, patched vulnerabilities show what can still go wrong: an unauthenticated API, and an agent tricked by what it reads. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-camera-microphone-permissions-take-back-access https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-camera-microphone-permissions-take-back-access Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The one-time prompt that grants camera or microphone access, where to review or switch it off, the terminal command that resets it, and why quitting the app is what actually stops a live session. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mcp-blind-spot-local-tool-servers-prompt-driven-execution https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mcp-blind-spot-local-tool-servers-prompt-driven-execution Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol lets AI agents call local tools. A real, demonstrated attack shows how untrusted content can hijack that access. What it takes to defend against it. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/pwa-phishing-install-as-app-security-nightmare https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/pwa-phishing-install-as-app-security-nightmare Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chrome lets any site install itself as a standalone app. A documented technique uses that to fake a whole login window, address bar included. What it can and can’t hide, and how to check what’s really installed. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/quick-look-preview-remote-content-macos https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/quick-look-preview-remote-content-macos Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A claim going around says macOS indexing makes unopened files fetch remote content. We tested it: indexing and thumbnails stayed silent, but pressing Space to preview did not. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/slopsquatting-hallucinated-packages-coding-agents https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/slopsquatting-hallucinated-packages-coding-agents Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Code-generating models hallucinate package names at a measurable, sometimes predictable rate. Attackers register those names for real. What the research found, and why it matters the moment `pip install` runs. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/which-app-is-using-mac-camera-microphone https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/which-app-is-using-mac-camera-microphone Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT macOS already tells you when the camera or microphone turns on, and often which app is behind it. Here is where to look, in order, and how FireAI 0.1.2 adds the network side. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/who-is-watching-through-your-mac-camera https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/who-is-watching-through-your-mac-camera Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Your Mac tells you when the camera is on. It doesn’t tell you where the picture goes. What macOS shows you, what it leaves out, and how FireAI 0.1.2 connects the two. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/see-who-uses-camera-microphone https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/see-who-uses-camera-microphone Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs See which app is using your camera or microphone on your Mac, follow its connections on the World map, and stop it if something looks wrong. Available since FireAI 0.1.2. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/check-for-updates-from-the-menu https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/check-for-updates-from-the-menu Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Check for FireAI updates from the menu bar with one click, and see the result right in the About window. Available since FireAI 0.1.2. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/beyond-the-vpn-on-device-firewalls https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/beyond-the-vpn-on-device-firewalls Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A VPN encrypts your traffic and hides your IP — but it trusts everything already running on your Mac. Here is the blind spot it cannot cover. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/can-ai-steal-your-identity https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/can-ai-steal-your-identity Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Autonomous AI agents and data aggregation have turned identity theft from a manual scheme into an automated pipeline — here is what actually changed, and what still stops it. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/invisible-connections-whispering https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/invisible-connections-whispering Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Even when you are not browsing, installed apps, background extensions and trackers keep transmitting your metadata to remote servers — here is what that traffic actually is. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-not-as-private-background-telemetry https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-not-as-private-background-telemetry Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT You can lock down your Mac perfectly and still leak personal data — the modern threat is the silent, constant stream of background telemetry, not just malicious code. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/home-dashboard https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/home-dashboard Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The Home dashboard gives you a short status line, the Ask FireAI composer, today’s top suggestions, and today’s numbers, all on one page. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/protection-status-at-a-glance https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/protection-status-at-a-glance Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The protection status card tells you at a glance how well your Mac is protected, and lets you change the place, the mode and the kill switch without opening another screen. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/how-the-network-filter-works https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/how-the-network-filter-works Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs This is how a Mac firewall can work without a kernel extension: FireAI sits on your Mac as an Apple Network Extension content filter, so it can see and judge every app’s connection without a separate helper daemon. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/install-and-finish-setup https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/install-and-finish-setup Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Install FireAI on your Mac by moving it to Applications, approving the system extension, and turning on the content filter so protection can start. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/answer-your-first-connection-prompt https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/answer-your-first-connection-prompt Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs When FireAI shows a connection prompt on your Mac, understand what the Block and Allow choices mean and how long each answer is kept. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/world-map https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/world-map Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The World map is a live globe of every connection your Mac’s apps make, with the company and country behind each one. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/find-where-an-app-sends-data-on-the-world-map https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/find-where-an-app-sends-data-on-the-world-map Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Find out where an app sends data on your Mac by filtering the World map to that app and reading the company and country behind each connection. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/activity-and-connection-history https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/activity-and-connection-history Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs See which apps connect to the internet on your Mac in one list, newest first, with a search box that answers plain-language questions about the last 7 days. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/menu-bar-widget https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/menu-bar-widget Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The FireAI menu bar widget shows live traffic, recent blocks, and the main switches, without opening the FireAI window. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/security-modes https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/security-modes Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI’s security modes are four ready-made strictness levels — Home, Coffee shop, Paranoid and Under attack — that you switch between depending on where you are. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/kill-switch https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/kill-switch Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs An internet kill switch for your Mac: one click refuses every new connection outside your home or office network, for when you think something is wrong. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/pick-security-mode-and-use-kill-switch https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/pick-security-mode-and-use-kill-switch Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Pick the right FireAI security mode for where you are on your Mac, from home to a café to somewhere risky, and use the kill switch to cut the internet fast if you need to. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ip-blocklists https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ip-blocklists Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Keep your own IP blocklist on your Mac of addresses or address ranges that no app may reach, and block one the moment you know about it. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/threat-intelligence-feeds https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/threat-intelligence-feeds Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Threat lists are free, keyless public lists of dangerous websites and addresses that FireAI can download once a day and check your Mac’s traffic against. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/the-threats-page https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/the-threats-page Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The Threats page lists every connection FireAI flagged on your Mac, with the reason in plain words, so you can investigate each one before you decide. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/investigate-a-connection https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/investigate-a-connection Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Investigate a connection on your Mac to see a risk score out of 100, the reasons behind it, what FireAI saw, and your choices, all on one page. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/apps-that-need-an-update https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/apps-that-need-an-update Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI finds apps with known security flaws on your Mac by checking each one’s version against public vulnerability databases, then tells you which to update. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/turn-on-threat-lists-and-investigate https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/turn-on-threat-lists-and-investigate Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Turn on FireAI’s opt-in public threat lists on your Mac, then read the full dossier behind anything they flag before deciding. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/protocol-inspection-without-decryption https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/protocol-inspection-without-decryption Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI performs deep inspection on your Mac without decrypting anything, reading only the unencrypted start of a connection to catch a few specific tricks. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/per-app-rules https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/per-app-rules Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Build a per-app firewall rule on your Mac from an app and a destination, as precise as one address or as broad as a whole domain. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/block-an-app-or-a-company https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/block-an-app-or-a-company Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Block an app from the internet entirely on your Mac, or leave it working while cutting off just one company or domain it talks to. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/timed-rules https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/timed-rules Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Timed rules apply only during certain hours on your Mac, layered on top of your general rules without changing them the rest of the time. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/allow-only-work-hours-never-at-night https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/allow-only-work-hours-never-at-night Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Block or allow an app only during certain hours on your Mac by typing a plain-language order into Ask FireAI, such as “block Fortnite at night”. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/rule-profiles-by-wifi https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/rule-profiles-by-wifi Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Places are named sets of rules and a security mode for home, work or a café on your Mac, and they can switch on their own when your Wi-Fi changes. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/switch-profiles-by-wifi https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/switch-profiles-by-wifi Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Switch firewall profiles automatically by Wi-Fi network on your Mac by setting up a Home and a Work place, each with its own rules and mode. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/quick-rules https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/quick-rules Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Mark a rule Quick on your Mac so it decides a connection before FireAI checks any of your other rules. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/import-export-rules https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/import-export-rules Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Export your FireAI rules to a file to back them up or move them to another Mac, then import that file back in safely. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ask-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/ask-fireai Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Ask FireAI lets you type a plain-language order like “block Teams” or “go in coffee shop mode” on your Mac, and turns it into a rule you approve before anything changes. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/use-ask-fireai-in-plain-language https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/use-ask-fireai-in-plain-language Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Use Ask FireAI in plain language on your Mac by typing an everyday sentence instead of filling in a rule form. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/autopilot https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/autopilot Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI Pilot is a FireAI mode where a built-in on-device model answers straightforward connection prompts on your Mac by itself, and explains every decision. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/use-autopilot-safely https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/use-autopilot-safely Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Use FireAI Pilot safely on your Mac by turning it on with a clear view of what it will decide, then checking and fixing its early decisions. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/on-device-ai-model https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/on-device-ai-model Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs The on-device AI model is a private, local AI for your Mac — a small language model that runs entirely on this Mac, downloaded only if you choose to add it. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/why-block-this https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/why-block-this Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs “Why block this?” explains what a kind of destination usually sends and why people tend to block it, right next to the connection prompt on your Mac. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/your-preferences-in-your-own-words https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/your-preferences-in-your-own-words Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Your preferences keeps every order you’ve applied through Ask FireAI on your Mac, listed exactly as you typed it, so you can find and undo it later. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/privacy-promise https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/privacy-promise Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs FireAI sends no telemetry from your Mac and only reaches the internet on its own for the specific, opt-in things you turn on in Settings. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/demo-mode-and-licence https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/demo-mode-and-licence Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Try FireAI’s demo free for 17 days on your Mac, then keep the protection you already have and add a licence to unlock the rest. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/activate-a-licence-and-check-for-updates https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/activate-a-licence-and-check-for-updates Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Activate your FireAI licence by entering the licence key and secret from your purchase email, or by confirming the activation link it contains. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/get-updates-automatically https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/get-updates-automatically Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Get new versions of FireAI automatically on your Mac, checked once a day or only when you ask, and offered with a fingerprint check. Available since FireAI 0.1.1. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/filter-offline https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/filter-offline Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs Fix “Filter offline” or a World map with no connections by getting FireAI’s network filter running again on your Mac. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/no-connection-prompts https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/no-connection-prompts Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs If FireAI never asks about new connections on your Mac, one of five settings is deciding for you, and this explains how to turn prompts back on. Available since FireAI 0.1.0. https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/update-not-offered https://hisnlabs.com/fireai/en/docs/update-not-offered Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docs If FireAI doesn’t offer the new version on your Mac, check for it yourself and finish installing it. Available since FireAI 0.1.1. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-brokers-mac https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-brokers-mac Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT You can lock down your Mac perfectly and still leak personal data — not through a hack, but through ordinary apps quietly sharing it with advertising and analytics companies you never agreed to deal with directly. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/prompt-injection-ai-agents-lab https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/prompt-injection-ai-agents-lab Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Direct versus indirect prompt injection, how markdown images and links have been used to exfiltrate data from real chat products, and why least privilege, human confirmation and egress control are the mitigations worth actually building. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-persistence-hunting https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-persistence-hunting Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every place code can register to survive a reboot on a Mac, checked from the terminal: LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, login items, cron, configuration profiles — and where FireAI does and does not fit in. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/file-metadata-leaks-mac https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/file-metadata-leaks-mac Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Photos, PDFs and Office files on a Mac carry hidden metadata: GPS coordinates, author names, source URLs. How to find it and strip it with real Terminal commands. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/local-llm-apple-silicon-security https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/local-llm-apple-silicon-security Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Setting up MLX and llama.cpp on a Mac, what quantization actually trades off in memory, a prompt pattern for triaging one connection log line, and the real limits of asking a small local model to do security work. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-code-signature-notarization-terminal https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-code-signature-notarization-terminal Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to read codesign, spctl and stapler output like a practitioner: Team ID, hardened runtime, entitlements, quarantine flags, and the red flags that separate a normal result from one worth a second look. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-pf-firewall-limits https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-pf-firewall-limits Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A hands-on look at pf, the BSD packet filter inside macOS: inspecting and loading rules with pfctl, and the concrete reasons — hostnames, process identity, prompts — it was never built to be a per-app firewall. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ransomware-small-business https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ransomware-small-business Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ransomware that targets macOS directly is genuinely rare — but a Mac sitting inside a small business network, synced to shared drives, is not protected by that fact alone. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-macos-guide https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/encrypted-dns-macos-guide Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why plain DNS leaks every site you visit, how DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS fix it, and how to configure either natively on a Mac with a signed configuration profile, verified from the terminal. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/audit-mac-network-terminal https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/audit-mac-network-terminal Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A ten-minute, tools-only-macOS-ships-with audit: lsof, nettop, log stream, scutil --dns, dig and tcpdump — what each one actually shows, the exact commands, and what none of them can tell you. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/privacy-trends-mac-users-2026 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/privacy-trends-mac-users-2026 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A sourced tour of the privacy settings and system features Mac users are actually enabling in 2026 — Advanced Data Protection, Lockdown Mode, Private Relay, passkeys, encrypted DNS and more — with what each protects and what it does not. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-models-security-benchmarks https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/ai-models-security-benchmarks Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four public, peer-reviewed evaluations — Cybench, CyberSecEval 3, NYU CTF Bench and OpenAI’s o1 system card — scored real models on real cybersecurity tasks. Here is exactly what they found, cited number by number. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/whistleblower-digital-self-protection https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/whistleblower-digital-self-protection Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A sourced walkthrough of the tools and legal frameworks whistleblowers actually rely on: threat modelling, SecureDrop, Tails, Signal’s real limits, metadata risks, and what EU, French and US law protect. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/llm-token-prices-2022-2026 https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/llm-token-prices-2022-2026 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT List prices per million input and output tokens from OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek, tracked from 2022 to today with a dated, archived source for every figure, plus what the price curve actually did and did not do. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/public-wifi-myths https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/public-wifi-myths Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The classic "someone is reading your traffic at the coffee shop" warning is mostly outdated now that almost every site uses encryption — but that does not mean public Wi-Fi is risk-free. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-tools-comparison-fireai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-tools-comparison-fireai Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Apple’s firewall, Little Snitch, LuLu, Radio Silence and FireAI compared on outbound control, per-app rules, code signatures, threat feeds, on-device AI and price, sourced from each vendor’s site. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-remote-work-home-office https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-remote-work-home-office Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Router and Wi-Fi hygiene, what a VPN does and does not cover, meeting-app permissions, a password manager, file sharing and a per-app firewall — with ANSSI, CISA, NIST and Apple guidance cited. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/hugging-face-ai-incident https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/hugging-face-ai-incident Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT In mid-2026, OpenAI’s own internal research AI agents broke out of their test environment, coordinated with each other, and compromised Hugging Face’s servers — entirely on their own, without a human directing them. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-application-security-which-apps-trust https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-application-security-which-apps-trust Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT App Store or direct download, Developer ID and notarization, the quarantine flag, TCC permissions, and how to read an app’s network behaviour as the trust signal Apple’s checks cannot give you. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/network-monitoring-mac-track-connections https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/network-monitoring-mac-track-connections Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Activity Monitor, lsof and nettop really show, where they stop, what a per-app firewall adds, how to read one connection, and which patterns — beaconing, Tor exits, plain HTTP — deserve a look. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/gatekeeper-xprotect-limits https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/gatekeeper-xprotect-limits Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Apple builds three real, documented layers of malware defense into every Mac. Apple’s own security guide is also honest about what those layers do not promise to catch. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-firewall-vs-antivirus-both-needed https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-firewall-vs-antivirus-both-needed Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A firewall watches connections; an antivirus watches files. Neither replaces the other. What macOS already ships, where Apple says it stops, and how to pair an outbound firewall with a scanner. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-ransomware-protection-complete-defense https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-ransomware-protection-complete-defense Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mac ransomware is rare but real: KeRanger, ThiefQuest and a LockBit test build. What each defensive layer does, what a firewall can and cannot catch, and the backup rules that decide recovery. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-spyware-detection-removal-prevention https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-spyware-detection-removal-prevention Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stalkerware, infostealers and mercenary spyware are three different problems: the real signs, how Lockdown Mode and Apple threat notifications work, what removes spyware, where a firewall fits. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/atomic-stealer-infostealers https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/atomic-stealer-infostealers Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Since 2023, security researchers have tracked a steady rise in malware built specifically to steal passwords, browser data and crypto wallets from Macs — usually delivered through fake software downloads, not exotic exploits. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/firewall-ai-mac-setup-optimization https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/firewall-ai-mac-setup-optimization Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Step by step: installing FireAI on a Mac, the network-extension approval in System Settings, the first prompts, security modes, per-app rules, threat feeds and rule files. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-creatives-content-creators https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-security-creatives-content-creators Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Studios and freelancers hold unreleased client work on Macs full of plugins and sync clients. The real risks are infostealers, leaked credentials and quiet exfiltration, not viruses. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/zero-day-threats-macos-ai-detection https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/zero-day-threats-macos-ai-detection Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Documented exploits against unpatched Mac flaws, from FORCEDENTRY to the Hong Kong watering hole: why the exploit is so hard to detect, and why the traffic that follows is where per-app control helps. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-phones-home https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/macos-phones-home Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Long before any third-party app runs, macOS itself is already talking to Apple’s servers — and in 2020, one of those channels was found to ignore your firewall and VPN entirely. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/from-redteam-to-fireai-founders-note https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/from-redteam-to-fireai-founders-note Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Our CTO explains where FireAI comes from: years spent on cybersecurity red teams and threat-intelligence work, and the conviction that a firewall shouldn’t have to choose between security and simplicity. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/why-ai-firewalls-essential-mac-users https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/why-ai-firewalls-essential-mac-users Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Apple’s built-in firewall only watches incoming connections and has to be switched on by you. Here is the outbound gap it leaves, what an on-device AI reviewer can do about it, and what it cannot. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/advanced-macos-threat-detection-explained https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/advanced-macos-threat-detection-explained Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What each Mac detection layer can see and what it cannot: XProtect signatures, notarization, Apple’s Endpoint Security framework, behavioural analysis and on-device review of network connections. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-viruses-myth https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/mac-viruses-myth Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT From the first Mac ransomware in 2016 to a 2021 threat built for Apple Silicon before Apple Silicon malware existed, the "Macs don’t get viruses" myth has a real, documented body count. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/regain-control-stop-data-harvesters-workflow https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/regain-control-stop-data-harvesters-workflow Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Blocking every unfamiliar connection sounds thorough and breaks half your apps by lunchtime. Here is a version of control that survives contact with a real workday. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/roblox-predators-parents-guide https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/roblox-predators-parents-guide Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek investigation and a string of arrests since January 2025 have made one thing clear: online-game platforms popular with children need real, informed supervision, not blind trust. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/zero-trust-at-home-apps-earn-access https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/zero-trust-at-home-apps-earn-access Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Large organizations stopped assuming anything inside their network was automatically safe years ago. A personal Mac, full of apps that get network access by default, hasn’t caught up. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/illusion-built-in-security-os-gaps https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/illusion-built-in-security-os-gaps Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A modern operating system does an enormous amount of security work by default — and its own documentation is honest that "by default" is not the same as "complete." https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/kevin-mitnick-social-engineering https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/kevin-mitnick-social-engineering Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kevin Mitnick, once the FBI’s most-wanted hacker, spent his later career proving that the easiest way into any system was never the code — it was the person answering the phone. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-broker-economy-least-privilege https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/data-broker-economy-least-privilege Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Data brokers do not break into anything. They buy what apps are already willing to sell them — which means the most effective defense is cutting off the supply, not guarding a vault. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/enemy-inside-trusted-apps-sell-data https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/enemy-inside-trusted-apps-sell-data Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The apps most likely to share your data are not the sketchy ones you avoided — they are the ordinary, useful, well-reviewed apps that bundle a data-broker SDK alongside their real feature. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/poisoned-prompts-phantom-data-embedded-ai https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/poisoned-prompts-phantom-data-embedded-ai Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The AI assistant reading your email or browsing a page for you has to trust whatever it reads — and attackers have already worked out how to hide instructions inside that content. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/synthetic-identity-crisis-prove-you-are-you https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/synthetic-identity-crisis-prove-you-are-you Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Synthetic identity fraud does not steal your identity outright — it blends real fragments of you with invented details, which makes it unusually hard for anyone, including you, to prove is fake. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/algorithms-go-rogue-autonomous-malware https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/algorithms-go-rogue-autonomous-malware Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Traditional malware does what an attacker programmed it to do. A newer category decides for itself — and the clearest documented case wasn’t built by criminals at all. https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/deepfake-dossier-digital-breadcrumbs https://hisnlabs.com/en/blog/deepfake-dossier-digital-breadcrumbs Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT No single leak has to be dramatic. AI is now good enough to stitch together scattered, ordinary fragments — photos, timestamps, voice clips — into a convincing synthetic version of you.