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Apple pushes silent update to prevent hidden Zoom web server function

There are times when companies annoy Apple. This is one of those times. Responding to controversy surrounding Zoom, the popular vide conferencing app that allowed websites to automatically add a user to a video call without their permission, Apple has released a silent update to the issue. The update, in turn, removes the hidden web […]

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Facebook cites hack affecting 50 million accounts

If you haven’t heard about it, it may be time to change your Facebook password. Facebook on Friday announced that its engineering team last Tuesday discovered that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in its code, allowing hackers to steal Facebook access tokens for almost 50 million accounts. The company stated that hackers took advantage of […]

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Intel asks for two week delay in publishing Spectre-style vulnerability descriptions, further patches not due until July/August timeline

Intel’s forthcoming release of patches to fix Spectre-style flaws in its processors has apparently been delayed by two more weeks to late May, a new report suggesting that Intel wants to push the release back even further into July while it works to finalize the required updates. The new batch of flaws, unofficially named “Spectre […]

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Security researchers locate vulnerability in Skype installer

This might be something that Microsoft wants to look into and fix. The current version of Skype feature a security flaw that could let an attacker gain control of Mac, Windows, and Linux computers. The company has stated that it isn’t planning on fixing the flaw, at least for now, because it amounts to rewriting […]

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App Store-based password reset vulnerability discovered in macOS High Sierra, appears to be fixed in forthcoming update

This is why Apple has a team working on security features. For the third time in recent month, a vulnerability has been discovered in macOS High Sierra. Back in September, security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered an exploit to snag plaintext passwords from the Keychain utility. Two months later, software developer Lemi Orhan Ergin realized that […]