Collaborate Disseminate
In the Security News, SalesForce bans customers from gun sales, what is your iPhone talking to overnight, Office retires support for old Android versions, and really how likely are weaponized cars?! Paul’s Stories VMware addressed flaws in it… Continue reading SalesForce, iPhones, & Old Androids – Paul’s Security Weekly #607
It was a well-oiled business, with Top Dogs fencing devices, forgers cooking up fake IDs with stolen PII, and runners ripping off phones. Continue reading Gang charged with $19 million iPhone scam
The new policy: Ditch third-party trackers in apps designed for youngsters, lest the app get booted out of the App Store. Continue reading Apple bans ads, third-party tracking in apps meant for kids
A single electronics recycler has had to destroy 66,000 iPhones in the last three years because of the iPhone’s Activation Lock. Continue reading Why Tens of Thousands of Perfectly Good, Donated iPhones Are Shredded Every Year
The prototype iPhones are slipping out of Apple’s supply chain with disabled security, to the delight of researchers and jailbreakers. Continue reading For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world. Continue reading The Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code
Apple finally says that repair hurts its bottom line. Continue reading Tim Cook to Investors: People Bought Fewer New iPhones Because They Repaired Their Old Ones
Rare earth metals are used in solar panels and wind turbines—as well as electric cars and consumer electronics. We don’t recycle them, and there’s not enough to meet growing demand. Continue reading We Don’t Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy
If starting from the lowest possible number and going up, Kanye’s passcode would literally be the first one you would try. Continue reading Kanye West Has Literally the Worst iPhone Passcode You Could Ever Have
The Safari Reaper attack, and URL spoofing
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