It turns out to be surprisingly easy to trick unsuspecting users into making unwanted phone calls from iOS. That could cost you premium-rate money, or give away your number to a scammer… 
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Firefox 32.0 fixes holes, shakes out some old SSL certs, introduces certificate pinning
Yesterday was Firefox’s Fortytwosday (updates come out every 42 days, on Tuesdays, in a nod to Douglas Adams), bringing us to Firefox 32.0. There are also two Extended Support Releases for the more conservative amongst us… 
Home Depot credit card breach: company to “investigate”
Home Depot has responded to reports yesterday that it suffered a credit card breach.
Leaked naked celebrity photos – Apple and FBI to investigate
The FBI are ‘addressing’ the matter of stolen nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and other celebs. Meanwhile, Apple also said that it is “actively investigating” the theft after it was alleged that the photos were stolen from iCloud accounts. 
Using WPS on your Wi-Fi router may be even more dangerous than you think
In 2011, a researcher found that WPS was 10,000 times easier to crack than it was supposed to be. Now, another researcher has found that cracking it may be 10,000 times easier again…
Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, 98 other celebs’ nude photos leaked online
The anonymous hacker reportedly gained access to the private photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence, as well as images of 99 other celebrities, allegedly via Apple’s iCloud storage system.
Grindr app has privacy issues – who’s surprised?
Popular gay dating app Grindr has been criticized for revealing the locations of its users in more detail than they might be expecting, and for allowing the identity of message senders to be spoofed.
Microsoft vows to clean away misleading apps from its Windows Store
Microsoft is vowing to clean up Windows Store after a recent survey of the app store found many scam apps that were deceptively labeled with logos and names of legitimate apps. This has been an ongoing problem. Will Microsoft finally rid its store of “crap apps”?
NASA prepares for serious sysadmin work – reimaging Opportunity Rover out on MARS!
Ever sweated a bit on Patch Tuesday when it’s time to reboot? Then spare a thought for NASA sysadmins – this month they’ll be reimaging a computer 200,000,000km away…on Mars!