Apple and its supporters have contended that the creation of the tool requested by the FBI would dampen enthusiasm for software updates, reduce the country's overall cyber security and unleash a flood of similar demands from authoritarian governments worldwide.
Gregg Keizer |
07 Mar |
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Creating a specialized version of iOS that would run only in the target iPhone's RAM would be an "undue burden," Apple says.
Gregg Keizer |
01 Mar |
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On the latest models of the iPhone, however, Secure Enclave (SE) -- a co-processor fabricated as part of the A7 -- makes it difficult if not impossible to help law enforcement. Apple does not know or have a record of the key embedded in the SE.
Gregg Keizer |
19 Feb |
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Tech support scammers can get cheeky -- making unfounded claims that PCs are infected to scare consumers into parting with their money -- but a Symantec partner took nerve to a new level.
Gregg Keizer |
26 Jan |
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Several people testified last week before the Senate's Special Committee on Aging, which held a hearing on technical support schemes. The scams disproportionally target the elderly.
Gregg Keizer |
27 Oct |
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A vulnerability in OS X Yosemite that went public last month is being used by cyber criminals to plant adware on Macs, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer |
06 Aug |
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Microsoft today issued one of its sporadic emergency, or "out-of-band," security updates to patch a vulnerability in Windows -- including the yet-to-be-released Windows 10 -- that was uncovered by researchers sifting through the massive cache of emails leaked after a breach of Italian surveillance vendor Hacking Team.
Gregg Keizer |
21 Jul |
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Microsoft has stopped producing and distributing anti-malware signatures for its Security Essentials software installed on aged Windows XP PCs.
Gregg Keizer |
16 Jul |
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Adobe today patched Flash Player to quash a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities found in the massive cache of documents hackers stole from the Hacking Team surveillance company.
Gregg Keizer |
15 Jul |
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Mozilla on Monday began blocking all versions of Adobe Flash Player from running automatically in its Firefox browser, reacting to news of even more zero-day vulnerabilities unearthed in a massive document cache pilfered from the Italian Hacking Team surveillance firm.
Gregg Keizer |
14 Jul |
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Adobe next week will patch a second zero-day vulnerability found in the leaked documents from the Hacking Team, a controversial Italian company that sells surveillance software and exploits to governments, Adobe said late Friday.
Gregg Keizer |
12 Jul |
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Samsung will stop disabling Windows Update on its PCs and tablets, bowing to a chorus of complaints -- including Microsoft's -- that it had interfered with the way users intended the patch service to work on their devices.
Gregg Keizer |
27 Jun |
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Samsung has been disabling Microsoft's Windows Update on its desktops and notebooks, leaving customers vulnerable to malware that targets already-patched vulnerabilities, a researcher reported yesterday.
Gregg Keizer |
25 Jun |
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Eugene Kaspersky, the Russian whose namesake company acknowledged that it had been infected with top-tier malware, struggled during a press conference to come up with reasons why the hackers targeted his firm.
Gregg Keizer |
12 Jun |
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Cousin of FREAK, the just-disclosed Logjam flaw has again sent browser makers and website administrators scrambling to craft and apply patches, a repeat of the March rush to shut down its predecessor.
Gregg Keizer |
21 May |
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