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Adobe announces security breach, says 2.9 million customer accounts, encrypted credit and debit card data stolen

You might want to check in with Adobe on this… Per AppleInsider, Adobe on Thursday confirmed that malicious parties had compromised its networks and potentially gleaned credit card and other personal information from the accounts of nearly three million users. The company revealed the breach in a post to its official blog. Adobe’s security team […]

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Apple releases iOS 7.0.2 update, fixes Lock Screen vulnerability

It got some negative attention and now it’s got a fix. On Thursday, Apple released iOS 7.0.2, an updated new version of its operating system for its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. The new operating system, which weighs in as a several hundred megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixes bugs […]

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German group breaks through iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint authentication, releases video of hack

It only took three days to hack the iPhone 5s’ Touch ID authentication system. Per The Mac Observer, the gChaos Computer Club has claimed to have hacked Apple’s newest security feature. The group started by scanning the fingerprint associated with an iPhone at high resolution, and then printing it out for transfer to another material […]

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iOS 7 Lock Screen bug discovered, Apple says fix is en route

Per Forbes and AllThingsD, the first iOS 7 security bug has appeared and may be worth noting. The bug is currently found in the iOS 7 Lock screen and Control Center implementation that could allow a person to bypass the device’s passcode and access the photo library. This bug is more of a potential security […]

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iCloud keychain feature goes missing from iOS 7 golden master, no clear explanation given as to why

Ok, this is a little weird. Per AppleInsider, developers updating their devices to the iOS 7 Golden Master seed have found that iCloud keychain, Apple’s new cloud-based credential storage system, has disappeared. iCloud Keychain, a new feature of iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 Mavericks that allows users to securely store account names, passwords, and […]