According to a post on the Symantec security blog, Apple’s attempts to get rid of the Java-based Flashback malware that affected 600,000 computers haven’t solved the problem completely. As of today, Symanetec reports that 140,000 machines are still affected by the vulnerability. Our own Matthew Panzarino described the Flashback malware last week: The Flashback program…
2015 is a site recently launched in the Middle East, which invites users to submit their own creations – whether photographs, videos or pieces of writing – to a public gallery. There is, however, a socially conscious twist to the kind of content being shared. The best place to start when talking about 2015 is to…
Yesterday we told you about a security flaw in the way that popular apps like Facebook and Dropbox were handling their profile tokens on mobile devices running Android and iOS. Now, Dropbox has replied with a statement, saying that the Android version of the app does not suffer from the vulnerability and that it will…
Earlier today, security researcher Gareth Wright revealed the discovery of a security hole in the Facebook app for mobile devices running Android and iOS. The simple ‘hack’ allows a user to copy a plain text file off of the device and onto another one. This effectively gives another user access to your account, profile and all.…
News has recently surfaced over an Android and iOS security hole, but that story has been mixed up as to where the vulnerability exists. Siting problems with Facebook’s mobile apps, a developer recently found that Facebook had effectively left a door open to your private data. In other words, iOS and Android have nothing to do with it. According to Gareth Wright, who was looking into…
Given their popularity, Apple’s iOS devices are constantly being probed for vulnerabilities, whether it be within the filesystem, kernel or their applications. Today, a new vulnerability has been brought to our attention that focuses on how the Safari browser on iOS 5.1 renders website addresses, which can be used to display a different URL to…
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