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New Mac Vulnerability Can Survive OS X Reinstallation And Drive Formatting

Zayed Rehman·June 2, 2015

A new vulnerability has just been discovered in all Macs that are more than an year old, and the risks associated with it are truly disturbing if an individual manages to exploit it. Apparently, a hacker could take permanent control of the machine, where formatting and reinstalling OS X would not make a difference either.

NetUSB Security Flaw Affects Millions Of Routers, See If Yours On The List

Paul Morris·May 22, 2015

A firm specializing in advising on information security has published a report into a vulnerability found within a component known as NetUSB, a proprietary technology found within millions of home routers around the world. NetUSB is developed by a Taiwanese company called KCodes and is essentially offered as a means of allowing PCs and Macs to connect to USB devices over a network. The bug within the technology, if exploited, could essentially allow malicious individuals to compromise any device running the driver.

New Safari Vulnerability Discovered, Spoofs Links For Phishing Purposes

Zayed Rehman·May 20, 2015

Starbucks App Users Report Hundreds Of Dollars Being Stolen From Their Accounts

Zayed Rehman·May 15, 2015

Starbucks has just confirmed that quite a few customers using the coffee-maker's smartphone app have had hundreds of dollars stolen from their accounts through customer rewards. It may not have been an alarming concern if the theft was limited to some pre-paid account worth a few bucks, but it's much more than that.

Apple’s iMessage Is More Secure Than Google’s Hangouts, Here Is Why

Oliver Haslam·May 12, 2015

In this day and age online security and encryption is often at the forefront in the minds of those of us that all but live our lives on the Internet. We send so much information about us over the wires that we often forget that the mediums we use may not be as secure as we would hope. It’s a modern problem that isn’t going to go away.

Fingerprint Data In Samsung Galaxy S5 Can Easily Be Stolen

Paul Morris·April 23, 2015

iOS 8 Flaw Lets Hackers Crash iPhone, iPad Using Wi-Fi [Video]

Oliver Haslam·April 22, 2015

Apple's iOS devices and indeed its Macs have tended to fare relatively well in the world of security, not finding themselves on the wrong end of too many major incidents. A new security flaw, outed at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, may prove troublesome for users of iPhones and iPads though, mainly because it has the potential to cause those devices to go into a constant boot-loop.

1,500 iOS Apps Vulnerable To This Security Flaw; Check If Your iPhone Is At Risk

Paul Morris·April 21, 2015

A security analytics firm has identified a bug within a popular open-source networking library that potentially leaves up to 1,500 apps on the iOS App Store susceptible to malicious attacks. The report on the bug, which was identified last month, claims that apps using a particular version of the extremely popular AFNetworking library could be putting users at risk by exposing sensitive data - such as passwords, bank account information - and making it available to those with the expertise to exploit the vulnerability.

This Software Can Crack iOS Passcode On Jailbroken Devices [Video]

Ben Reid·March 24, 2015

This Contraption Can Crack iOS 8.1 Passcode With Relative Ease [Video]

Zayed Rehman·March 19, 2015

Theoretically, you can crack the passcode on an iPhone or iPad, but that would take you days. Of course, you could automate it with some fancy computers or gadgets, but this is why Apple has the passcode counter in place to either lock someone out, or data wipe the device after ten incorrect attempts.

Mobile Security Summit Announced By TaiG Jailbreak Team, Here Are The Details

Oliver Haslam·March 14, 2015

The TaiG Jailbreak Team, currently one of the most prominent in the area of jailbreaking and iOS hacking, has announced that it will host a mobile security summit later this month.

Apple Releases Fix For FREAK Security Flaw For iOS, Apple TV, Mac

Oliver Haslam·March 10, 2015

New uTorrent Version Installs EpicScale Cryptocurrency Miner, Here’s How To Remove It

Ben Reid·March 7, 2015

Here's how you can uninstall or remove uTorrent EpicScale from your Windows PC completely. More details and step-by-step guide can be found right here.

FREAK Vulnerability Affects Every Version Of Windows Too, Microsoft Working On Fix

Ben Reid·March 7, 2015

Earlier this week, we learned of an antiquated security flaw that has been lurking for over a decade, and could leave Apple and Google device subject to attack. With the former said to be working on a fix to release in the near future, it has now been revealed that the FREAK security flaw also affects those running Windows machines, adding many millions more devices and users to the list of the vulnerable.

FREAK Security Flaw Leaves Both Apple and Google Devices Vulnerable To Attack

Ben Reid·March 4, 2015

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