Singapore's government will set up a new agency to strengthen cyber security, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's office said Tuesday, amid more reports of high-profile hacking incidents worldwide.The... read more
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iOS 8 bug could delete your iCloud Drive documents
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-09-30 23:42
An alleged bug in iOS 8 appears to be deleting documents stored in iCloud Drive without the user's permission.
Discovered by MacRumors after complaints surfaced from users of the blog site's forums, the bug is triggered by the option to Reset All Settings.
More naked celebrity photos leaked
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-09-22 00:52
Three weeks ago hundreds of nude celebrity photos were leaked onto the internet. Dubbed The Fappening, the collection included pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Kaley Cuoco, with the majority of the personal images apparently obtained from hacked iCloud accounts.
Celebrity photo leak worsens as underage photos found
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-09-03 23:55
The hacking of celebrity accounts and the theft of explicit photos of a number of female stars has become even more serious, with word that at least one of the women was underage when the leaked pictures were taken. Several sites hosting the photos - which have already prompted an official statement from Apple early today, about the role iCloud played in their theft - have been notified that, in some shots, Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was under the age of 18.
Apple's Two Factor Authentication Doesn't Protect iCloud Backups Or Photo Streams
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-09-03 15:31
L33tdawg: Hate to say we told you so, but well, Vladimir Katalov did - last year at that! Take a look at his presentation slides (PDF) if you haven't already
Apple 'actively investigating' iCloud link to celeb photo leak
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-09-02 01:03
Apple said Monday it is "actively investigating" whether a security breach at its iCloud service was responsible for the leak of several private, nude images of celebrities, including actress Jennifer Lawrence.
"We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told Recode. CNET has contacted Apple for comment and will update this report when we learn more.