Tag: security flaw
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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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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…