Tag: apple
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October #DataDump: Info, Tech, Prophets and More
Capture Your Entire Life in 30-Second Snaps // Apple rejects app for tracking U.S. drone strikes // Trying – and failing – to regulate the Internet // Battle at the top for UFO disclosure // Philip K Dick: Science Fiction Prophet
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Apple Stock Closes At $666 Again
Apple closed at $666 per share on Thursday, which gives it an extraordinary market capitalization of $625 billion.
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How Apple/Amazon Security Flaws Led to Epic Hacking
How Not to Become Mat Honan: A Short Primer on Online Security* from wired.com: In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of…
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#DataDump: Dossiers, Dismissed and More
Despite i9/11 Threat, Lawmakers Punt Cyber Security Bill // NSA Chief Tells Hackers His Agency Doesn’t Create Dossiers on All Americans // Feds: We Can Freeze Megaupload Assets Even if Case Dismissed // All systems go for Curiosity rover landing Monday morning // #Audio #Satire: New Hubble Peephole Can See Into Women’s Showers
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Malware Arrives, Nuked on App Store For First Time
from tomsguide.com: Kaspersky has discovered the first-ever malicious app on Apple’s App Store. Kaspersky Lab is calling this a first-ever for Apple: an app offered on the App Store containing malware. The security firm confirmed its existence on Thursday, reporting that the malicious app was also available to download from Google Play. The app has…
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#DataDump: Cops, Robots, Minerals and More
Uncle Sam Wants You! to Combat Online Piracy* DefCon: 20 Years of Hackers, Hijinks and Snooping Feds* How Anonymous Picks Targets, Launches Attacks, and Takes Powerful Organizations Down* Military Judge Orders Obama Admin to Turn over Proof that WikiLeaks Documents Damaged National Security* ‘Big Brother’? No, It’s Parents: Software Helps Parents Monitor Their Children Online*…
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#DataDump: #SuperMoon, Snooping, Sidesteps and more
#Supermoon Saturday: May’s Full Moon coincides with Perigee, first of 6 Celestial events this month // 7M Birds Die in US and Canada a Year because of Communication Towers // Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal // Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure // How Apple Sidesteps Billions…
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#DataDump: Macs, Hacks, Sachs and more
Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone: Text Message Spam, Difficult to Stop, Is a Growing Menace // Widespread Virus Proves Macs No Longer Safe From Hackers // FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to Crowded Skies // Bomb Sniffing Dog Humps Bomb Defusing Robot
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#DataDump: Log-Ins and Paper Planes
Scientists estimate billions of habitable planets in Milky Way // Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11 Engines on Ocean Floor // Gigantic paper plane soars over Arizona skies // James Murdoch reportedly resigns from three boards // Audit faults Apple supplier’s factories in China
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#DataDump: Electronic Curtains, Conflict Minerals and more
NSA Chief Denies, Denies, Denies Wired’s Domestic Spying Story: ‘NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)’ // U.S. dangles secret data for Russia missile shield approval // Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page //
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#DataDump: Clash, Collusion, Christina and more
Obama, NSA ‘Clash’ Over Spying on Private Company Nets* Collusion for Firefox Shows You Who’s Tracking You on the Web In Real Time* Collusion :: Add-ons for Firefox* Google Caught Violating Browser Privacy Settings to Track Users* Google Once Considered Issuing Digital Currency* Hackers penetrated NASA computers 13 times last year* Moon acts as mirror,…
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Apple Lets Labor Watchdog Audit Chinese Suppliers’ Factories
Apple CEO Tim Cook is betting that monthly updates on hours worked, audits and focus on firing offenses like hiring underage workers will limit any damage from an emerging supply chain controversy. Cook, speaking at a Goldman Sachs investment conference, reiterated that Apple “takes working conditions very seriously.” The company on Monday outlined a plan…
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‘anonymous’ hack on stratfor the first step in ‘master plan’
hackers set to publish emails stolen from stratfor* from abcnews: The global activist hacking group Anonymous claims to have obtained thousands of credit card numbers and personal information from the high-profile clients of a leading analytical intelligence company, all in the name of charity. Up to $1 million was reportedly stolen from Stratfor, in Austin,…
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12/22 defcon: planets, tweets & patents
2 earth-size planets discovered orbiting star* darpa’s new spy satellite could provide real-time video from anywhere on earth* taliban, US military waging war via twitter: report* twitter use by shabab in somalia incites US* apple wins partial victory on patent claim over android*
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apple fails to fix security flaw in itunes for three years
An article at The Telegraph, “Apple iTunes flaw ‘allowed government spying for three years’,” reports that a British software company sells governments their hacking software – Finfisher – that exploits a security flaw in iTunes to deliver remote monitoring program through a bogus update. Are you surprised? Apple was informed of the flaw three years…