Black Friday shoppers watch out! I know you are excited to get super good deals from the Apple online store but be warned that cyber-criminals are taking advantage of the shopping frenzy to hit you hard. According to Eleven security blog, users can receive an email claiming to be from the Apple’s iTunes store but [...]
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Warning: Black Friday malware disguised as iTunes gift certificate
Warning: Skype for iOS vulnerable to hackers via simple chat message
September 20, 2011
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I don’t know how you feel about it, but personally I think that since Skype moved from version 2 to version 5 (yes, no 3 or 4 ever existed) things have not been the same and the famous VoIP application is not as stable and secure as it use to. The latest concerns are for [...]
Apple releases Security Update for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard
September 9, 2011
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Apple released on Friday Security Update 2011-005 for OS X both for Snow Leopard and Lion. These updates are addressing to the security issues related with DigiNotar certificates that hackers fraudulently obtained from the server several week ago. Although it took Apple a few weeks to seed a patch, here you have it. DigiNotar, one [...]
Hackers stole a car with SMS sent via Android smartphone
August 6, 2011
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Few days ago, security researchers at iSec revealed to have discovered a way to unlock car doors and even start some engines, by simply using an SMS. They’ve called their hack ‘War Texting’. By intercepting the wireless messages that travels over the cloud between software based systems like OnStar and the car, the researchers were [...]
Google Chrome OS hacked by security researchers
August 4, 2011
The super-secure Google Chrome OS it’s been hacked by security researchers. One on Goggle’s operating system selling point, was the ‘much better’ built-in security: two security researchers told the crowd and demonstrated live during the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, that with web-based hacker tricks they were able to exploit the security of Chrome [...]
Watch out: new tool capable of sniffing vulnerable iOS connections
July 30, 2011
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iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users that are not intending to jailbreak their iOS device, should install the latest iOS 4.3.5 because a new tool released few days ago, and free for everyone to download, is capable of sniffing your vulnerable device’ connection. The software-engineer-hacker Moxie Marlinspike said in his blog that he has released [...]
AgileBits released upgraded 1Password 3.6.5 for Mac OS X
July 24, 2011
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1Password for Mac OS X has just been upgraded. The new version 3.6.5 released today fixes a lot of issues with Safari 5.1. To get this last upgrade, launch 1Password and select Check for Updates. 1Password is certainly the best password manager for Mac OS X. The app goes beyond simple password storage by integrating [...]
November 25, 2011
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