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News Bites for Friday May 25, 2018

FCC Investigates Securus Now that LocationSmart who’s data was used illegally by a Sheriff to track other law enforcement officers and was then hacked is out of the closet, their somewhat shady but possibly completely legal business practices are no longer in the shadows and the FCC has begun an investigation.  We shall see if […]

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New iPhone Might Shut Off Next Time You Try To Film In Public

Apple was granted a patent last month that allowed someone to shut down photo and video recording on all nearby iPhones – say if you were photographing the police or a concert. The patent uses an infrared signal that would be received by appropriately equipped iPhones to disable the camera. Think about who might like […]

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Apple’s Turn – Major Cyber Attack

Apple is dealing today with something that Microsoft or Google is used to dealing with.  Hackers attacked a weak link in Apple’s universe – the developer community.  Apparently, the performance of Apple’s web site is poor in China, so developers often download software from alternative web sites.  These hackers convinced enough developers to download a […]

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Researchers Figure Out How To Attack Apple Keychain on iPhone and Mac

According to Ars Technica, researchers have found several sneaky ways to steal passwords and other sensitive app information on both the iOS and OS X Apple platforms.  None of them seem to directly attack the secure element – not that this will make users feel better – and Apple is working with the researchers to […]

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