The week in security: Celebrities face Apple's naked truth
A major security breach was the last thing Apple needed in the leadup to the high-profile launch of its iPhone 6, and the "outraged” company was quick to argue that the leak of nude celebrity photos...
View ArticleHere are the security questions raised by Apple Pay
Security pros reacted positively to Apple Pay, but withheld their full endorsement until the mobile payment system could be tested outside of the company's laboratories.
View ArticleApple Pay - Security Challenge or Solution
Almost every new product or service announced by Apple on 9 September at the Flint Center had been leaked at some point. Rumours that Apple was planning to move into the payments business proved...
View ArticleApple Pay could put an end to data breaches
The retail data-breach epidemic highlighted by Target now has other famous victims, including UPS, Home Depot, and Dairy Queen. If you've used a credit card sometime in the past year or two, there's a...
View ArticleThe week in security: OAIC promotes breach notification as Apple, Google hit
A study of Android mobile applications found that many popular apps fail to take even basic precautions to protect users' data. Despite this, some were arguing that it's not as dangerous as it seems to...
View ArticleiPhone 6 fingerprint scanner found accurate enough for Apple Pay
Apple's iPhone 6 fingerprint scanner has a level of accuracy that makes it a solid authentication tool for people planning to use the smartphone in place of a credit card for in-store purchases,...
View ArticleNew tools ease iPhone data rescue but cloud-data recoveries rising
Careful analysis of low-level procedures has helped data-recovery specialists significantly increase their success rate when attempting to recover data from damaged Apple iPhones, according to the...
View ArticleiPhone 6 buyers must be wary of new security exposure: ThreatMetrix
The increasingly cloud-centric design of Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus – and their owners' increasing use of the devices to store all kinds of personal information – will increasingly make them targets...
View ArticleApple pulls iOS 8.0.1 update after crippling phone, Touch ID
Within 24 hours of pushing out iOS 8.0.1, Apple has pulled its first iOS 8 update from distribution after user reports that it broke calling and other features in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
View ArticleExactly backwards: Apple's security statement is more a PR coup than a nightmare
Once again it is time to play: Willfully Obtuse or Really That Clueless?! Why is it always so hard to tell?
View ArticleThe week in security: Apple security scrutinised as mobile, IoT threats loom
The role of government in cybersecurity defences continues to morph, but there were interesting revelations that GCHQ employs 120 dyslexic and dyspraxic analysts to help in its fight against terrorism,...
View ArticleThe outrage gap: How Apple always gets top billing
Attention pundits! Your Apple bias is showing. First, in outrage over bendable iPhones, then in a matter of security. Then we learn what Steve Jobs would have thought about Apple's new product names....
View ArticleGoogle to government: we encrypt because you hacked us
Responding to complaints by the US government over mobile device encryption, Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said the company’s hand was forced by government hacking.
View ArticleApple confirms iPhone-killing “Error 53,” says it’s about security
The iPhone’s mysterious "Error 53" bug is tied to Touch ID tampering, at least according to Apple.
View ArticleApple Pay: 42 percent of people don’t feel secure using it
Tech firms like Apple still need to convince a lot of people that using their smartphone for contactless payments isn’t a major security risk.
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