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Apple releases Safari 8.0.2 update

It’s not a huge update, but it helps. On Friday, Apple released version 8.0.2 of its Safari web browser. The new version, a 53.8 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixes an issue that could prevent history from syncing across devices if iCloud Drive is not on. • – Fixes an issue […]

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Apple releases iOS 8.1.2 update, includes ringtone purchase fix, security changes (updated)

This could come in handy. Per 9to5Mac, Apple has released iOS 8.1.2 as an over-the-air software update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users running iOS 8. The latest release contains bug fixes for users as well as a fix for a problem regarding ringtones purchased from Apple being removed from devices. Other fixes include […]

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WireLurker security paper released, discusses potential next generation of OS X, iOS malware

Not that you should be entirely paranoid about malware on your OS X and iOS devices, but a little caution couldn’t hurt. Per Palo Alto Networks, a new paper has been published on WireLurker, a family of malware targeting both Mac OS and iOS systems for the past six months. It’s believed that WireLurker could […]

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Security researcher finds unsaved files are automatically saved into iCloud

This may not be what Apple intended to have happen with iCloud. And there may be a patch coming for it posthaste. According to Slate, security researcher Jeffrey Paul recently noticed that Apple’s default autosave is storing in-progress files—the ones you haven’t explicitly saved yet—in the cloud, not on your hard drive. Unless you decided […]

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AT&T admits to testing “unique tracker” on smartphones, offers opt-out option

This isn’t the best news. According to Forbes, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have ceded that they’re tagging their customers with unique codes that are visible to third parties, making smartphone users far easier to track on the Web than they’ve ever been before, targeted advertising being that much easier to create as a result […]