If you’re unwittingly participating in the return of the Unicode of Death, here are some things to try.
Source: Unicode of Death got you down? Here’s how to fix it | Cult of Mac
Category Archives: Security
What Happens to Your Data When You Monitor Your Personal Fitness | Robin Raskin
Wearing a fitness bracelet from FitBit, Jawbone, Microsoft, Withings, and others has become increasingly common. About one in ten people in the US now do some sort of fitness monitoring.
Source: What Happens to Your Data When You Monitor Your Personal Fitness | Robin Raskin
Hackers have been using the Starbucks app to steal money from latte drinkers – Quartz
Thieves steal tax data for 100,000 from an IRS website
You might need to keep a closer eye than usual on your tax-related info. The Internal Revenue Service is warning that intruders stole tax data for 100,00
Source: Thieves steal tax data for 100,000 from an IRS website
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept
The NSA and its partners developed a top-secret method to infect smartphones with spyware through Google and Samsung app servers, Snowden documents reveal.
Source: NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept
GPU-based rootkit and keylogger offer superior stealth and computing power | Ars Technica
Proof-of-concept malware may pave the way for future in-the-wild attacks.
Source: GPU-based rootkit and keylogger offer superior stealth and computing power | Ars Technica
Google will force Chrome developers to use the Web Store
If you’re a developer, installing Chrome extensions from outside the Chrome Web Store is about to get a bit harder. A little under a year ago, Google started forcing all…
Source: Google will force Chrome developers to use the Web Store
New Venom bug hits data centers, but it’s hardly Heartbleed
A new security vulnerability has hit data centers, but don’t worry, it’s not as bad as Heartbleed.
Source: New Venom bug hits data centers, but it’s hardly Heartbleed
Networking flaw opens ‘millions’ of iOS app users to data theft | Technology | The Guardian
Bug in open-source codebase found its way into at least 1,000 apps, potentially leaving millions of users open to man-in-the-middle attacks
Source: Networking flaw opens ‘millions’ of iOS app users to data theft | Technology | The Guardian
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain – Telegraph
“Natural body identification” could one day replace passwords and other modern methods of identification, claims PayPal developer chief
Source: PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain – Telegraph