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Massive FREAK security flaw breaks HTTPS in Android, Apple devices
2015-03-04 01:37:09| Extremetech
A new attack against websites illustrates the dangers of weakening cryptography -- and an astonishing number of sites are vulnerable.
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Apple Pushes First Automated Security Update for Mac
2014-12-23 20:01:54| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The update fixes "critical security vulnerabilities" in OS X's network time protocol (NTP).
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Apple pushes its first ever silent, automatic security update to Mac OS X to fix NTP bug
2014-12-23 18:19:09| Extremetech
Apple has pushed out its first ever automatic security update to Mac OS X users, fixing a vulnerability in NTP that would've allowed hackers to turn Macs into DDoS zombies. In some ways, this finally brings Apple up to parity with Microsoft: Windows has technically had the ability to do automatic updates for a long time. Rather impressively, the OS X security patch should install transparently, with no need to restart.
Apple Researching Enhanced Touch ID Security Using Finger Motion Tracking [iOS Blog]
2014-12-18 20:01:00| Semiconductors - Topix.net
In a newly published Apple patent application credited to Dale Setlak, co-founder of AuthenTec, the company reveals its interest in enhanced security capabilities for the iPhone home button and Touch ID. The patent application describes how the Touch ID sensor could be paired with an on-screen combination lock or other secondary security feature, requiring the user to move his or her finger in certain directions to fully unlock a device.
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China discusses data security, cooperation with Apple CEO
2014-10-22 17:05:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China's Vice Premier Ma Kai in Beijing to talk about user data security, Reuters reported, citing the official Xinhua news agency. The meeting comes after a Chinese internet monitoring group published a report saying Apple users in China have been targeted in a hack attack seeking private user data stored on the iCloud service. The group, Greatfire.org, has alleged Chinese government involvement in the hack, a claim the government has strongly refuted. Apple has not issued any public statements on the matter. Talks between Cook and Kai were about the protection of user information and on "strengthening cooperation and in information and communication fields," according to Xinhua. Greatfire told Reuters that Apple appeared to have rerouted user data to circumvent the hack.
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