Sometimes the simple con is the best con

September 6, 2014 CyberCecurity

According to an article in Business Insider, Sharron Laverne Parrish, Jr. scammed Apple 42 times with a very simple scam. He presented debit cards on closed accounts for purchases – apparently in the thousands of dollars each. When the card was declined, he offered to call his bank and handle it. Except he was not […]

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Apple, iOS, Privacy

iOS devices safe – well sort of

July 22, 2014 CyberCecurity

It was reported yesterday that there are undocumented services in iOS that allow someone to bypass all of Apple’s security and encryption features. The researcher did not say that either Apple or the NSA were using these features, but…. The researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, reported his findings at the HOPE/X conference in New York. According to […]

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