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Cross-platform Chat App May Be Dodgy
A new app has appeared on Google’s Play store that purportedly offers Android users the ability to chat with iOS users via Apple’s iMessage platform, and it has security eyebrows raised, primarily because it wasn’t released by Apple. Cydia (app store for jailbroken iPhones) developer Jay Freeman delved into the code of “iMessage for Android”
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German Hackers Bypass iPhone Fingerprint Protection
When you are king of the mountain, everyone lines up to take a shot at you, and the iPhone is no exception. In this particular case, security analysts were taking bets on how long it would take for someone to defeat the brand-new iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner. They didn’t have to wait long, as it
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Another Day, Another Zero-day IE Exploit in the Wild
In case you were worried that Internet Explorer might be gaining ground as a secure web browser, security researchers have uncovered another zero-day vulnerability that is actively being exploited in version 8 and 9 of Internet Explorer. I’ll spare you the gory details but the gist of the hole is such that it can be
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iPhone’s Fingerprint Scanner Won’t Lead to Body Part Theft
Anyone who’s watched a Hollywood thriller in the past three decades is familiar with biometric scanners, and along with it, the various means movie villains have used to subvert these systems, including methods that would be horrifying to consider when applied in real life. Now that the new iPhone 5s has a fingerprint scanner, those
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New iPhone 5S and 5C Announced as Expected
True to form, Apple announced at a press event today the arrival of the iPhone 5s and 5c. I’ll keep this one short, so you can get down to the business of deciding whether or not you are buying one! What this means for you: The 5c is Apple’s rumored budget phone. Priced (with 2
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Never Plug In for Power Again?
Despite the advent of wifi technology which has made staying connected a much more elegant, wire-free affair, we are still tethered by the ever-present power cord. Just about everyone who has traveled with electronics has cursed the forgotten power cord, and probably thrice cursed the tangled knot of cords they did remember to bring. Induction
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