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Apple expands bug bounty programme to all devices

2019-08-09 09:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Apple is expanding its 'buy bounty' programme to macOS, tvOS, watchOS and iCloud. The programme which already covers iOS offers developers monetary rewards for discovering bugs in Apple's code and reporting them to the company for fixing. Apple announced the expanded offer at the Black Hat conference.

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Bug in Facebook Messaging App Exposes Kids to Strangers

2019-07-24 20:35:09| TechNewsWorld

A flaw in a Facebook app designed for children under 13 years old allows kids to chat online with people unapproved by their parents. The messaging app for kids is designed to give parents control over who their kids text and video chat with online, but a bug in the software lets a contact approved to chat with one child to talk to another without the approval of the second child's parents.

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Software Bug Gives Spyware Free Rein With a Single WhatsApp Call

2019-05-15 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Many users of Facebook's WhatsApp messaging software are scrambling to patch the program in response to news of a flaw that allowed spyware to be installed on mobile phones running Android and iOS. "This new type of attack is deeply worrying and shows how even the most trusted mobile apps and platforms can be vulnerable," said Mike Campin, vice president of engineering at Wandera.

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Apple Squashes FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug

2019-01-30 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Apple has suspended its Group FaceTime application following reports that a bug in the software allowed callers to eavesdrop on the people they were calling. The flaw let a person making a FaceTime call listen through the phone of the person called before the call was accepted or rejected. It reportedly also allowed access to the front-facing camera in an iPhone.

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