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Tag Archives: Apple
Apple lets rip with update spate: OS X, iOS, Safari, iTunes, QuickTime
Apple just opened the stopcocks and released a Hoover Dam’s worth of security-related updates. Yes, there are numerous new features and products in there too, but it’s the security fixes that make a compelling reason to update.
Siri “9/11 conspiracy theory” joke is no laughing matter, say police
With 9/11 and 911 having the same sequence of digits, you don’t have to waste police time by seeing what Siri does when you say “9/11.”
Encrypt like everyone’s watching! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
There’s a Sophos T-shirt that warns you, “Dance like nobody’s watching. Encrypt like everyone is.” We aren’t kidding, folks, and this week’s 60 Second Security tells you why!
Apple tweaks iOS 9 to stop advertisers getting our app data
Developers and advertisers have been eyeballing the apps we download to target-pitch their own wares. Apple are shuttering the peepshow.
SSCC 204 – You want an extension to your extension for Windows XP? [PODCAST]
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Security hole in MacKeeper used to shove malware onto Macs
According to researchers at BAE, a recent Mac malware infestation was carried out using a security hole in a utility called MacKeeper.
“Belts and breaches” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
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WhatsApp ranked worst at protecting user data
Even the one star WhatsApp got in the EFF’s ranking – for publicly opposing backdoors for government spying – was inherited from Facebook.
Apple OS X and iOS in the vulnerability spotlight – meet “CORED,” also known as “XARA”
The security issue of the week has arrived in iOS and OS X, and it’s attracted a funky name already. The researchers called it XARA, but others had different ideas, and dubbed it “CORED.” As in “Apple CORED.”