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WhatsApp arrives for OS X

WhatsApp has arrived for OS X. The popular messaging app now has a desktop Mac version of the client, the launch coming a few months after the Facebook-owned service launched a web interface and a month after it rolled out end-to-end encryption for all communication. Much like the web client, the WhatsApp Mac application relies […]

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FBI not submitting San Bernadino iPhone hack for peer review

The FBI is keeping the San Bernadino iPhone hack technique to itself for the time being. A recent report has stated that the FBI will not be submitting the exploit used to break into the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook to a review process that could clear it for sharing with […]

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Unlocked San Bernadino iPhone providing some leads in investigation

In spite of all the controversy and kerfuffle surrounding the San Bernadino iPhone and the steps taken to unlock it, sources are indicating that the FBI is getting some useful information and leads from the device. Investigators are now more confident that terrorist Syed Farook didn’t make contact with another plotter during an 18-minute gap […]

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Safari Technology Preview 2.0 released, available for download and testing

If you’re interested in what’s on the horizon via Safari’s upcoming versions, you’re going to like this. Apple released Safari Technology Preview version 2.0 today. The updated browser lets you play around with a slew of upcoming technologies and offers the following fixes and changes: Browser Differences: – Changed the CFBundleSignature to allow Apple Events, […]

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FBI may have contacted “grey hat” hacker group along with Cellebrite to unlock San Bernadino iPhone 5c

The plot continues to thicken. A group of unnamed sources cited by the Washington Post contradict the widely-held belief that it was Israel-based mobile forensics company Cellebrite which helped the FBI hack into the locked San Bernardino iPhone. The report say that the agency was instead approached by a group of freelance hackers who revealed […]