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Apple indulged in worst form of censorship and has removed the $1 App which informed iPhone users whether they were ever hacked and if their iPhone was being spied on. The $1 app called System and Security Info which was available iTunes store has since been removed by Apple. The App was developed by a German IT security researcher Stefan Esser after he found that there is no single App which could inform the iPhone owner whether he/she has ever been hacked....

Deadly Apple Store Crash The tragedy took place on November 21 when an SUV drove through the front glass window of Apple’s retail location at the Derby Street Shops plaza in Hingham, Massachusetts. The SUV driver, Bradley Rein, 53, of Hingham, claimed his right foot got stuck on the gas pedal and that he was unable to apply the brakes before his vehicle crashed into the store. However, a fire marshall who saw video footage (likely from CCTV) of the accident, said that the act seemed to be intentional....

Spotted by 9to5Mac on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database, the new ‘Pro Mode’ is referenced in the latest beta version of macOS Catalina10.15.3 build. According to an image of the EEC approval shared by 9to5Mac, a code string refers to a “Portable Personal Computer Brand Apple” running macOS 10.15 that has a model number of A2289. The code strings found explain that when Pro Mode is enabled, the “apps may run faster, but battery life may decrease and fan noise may increase....

iPhone users sue Apple for causing data leaks in iPhone 5/5s by keeping a flaw hidden from themA group of disgruntled iPhone owners filed a lawsuit against Apple on Thursday for allegedly concealing a defect that caused iPhone 5 and 5s models to switch away from Wi-Fi to cellular data without users’ knowledge, resulting in high cellular bills. According to the class action complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the flaw was first discovered in 2012 shortly after Apple launched iPhone 5 and the iOS 6 mobile operating system....

For those unaware, Taiwanese company Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., is Apple’s largest supplier that employs about 200,000 people, and manufactures roughly 70% of the total iPhones sold globally. The incident, which was first reported by Bloomberg, took place in the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China, which is the main plant that manufactures iPhones. In videos sent by eyewitnesses to Bloomberg, hundreds of workers at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant can be seen leaving their dormitories and crowding the grounds to clash with the security guards wearing white hazmat suits....

Now, a new report from Bloomberg claims that the Cupertino giant could launch a new low-cost 5G iPhone along with an updated iPad and potentially a new Mac computer at an event on March 8, 2022. According to reports, the new iPhone SE (2022) will be the first upgrade to the iPhone SE model in two years. The design of the new iPhone SE is most likely to be based on the current iPhone SE (2020) model, which features Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor....

Apple launches replacement program for faulty iPhone 6 Plus camerasCameras of Apple iPhone 6 Plus phones sold between September 2014 and January 2015 are affectedSo, how do you find out if the camera is faulty? Apple has announced an “iSight Camera Replacement Program” for iPhone 6 Plus models sold between the phone’s launch period of September 2014 to January 2015. It was found that many of these devices while using the main camera on the back of the phone produced blurry images....

The problem emerged on July 12, when employees of the Toronto-based company arrived at work, powered up their computers and were greeted with heavy metal music and a threatening message from the hackers, who call themselves “the Impact Team.” Staff Supt. Evans said the message was accompanied by the song Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Three days afterward, the hackers confirmed the breach by sending personal information of two Ashley Madison users, one in Mississauga, Ont....

Abdilo, Australia-based computer hacker, live streams attack on US education sitesAussie Travel Cover Australian website, ABC, had revealed yesterday that Abdilo was responsible for what could be the largest breach of private details in Australian history. Perhaps brazened by his hack exploits and publicity with Aussie Travel Cover hack, Abdilo was back to hacking and this time chose to focus his attention on education websites based in United States. Abdilo chose to live stream his hacking activities for all those who are interested in his exploits by posting them on streaming website, join....

Joshua Neally is a lawyer and Tesla owner from Springfield, Missouri, who often uses the semi-autonomous driving system called Autopilot on his Tesla Model X. One fine day, when Neally was driving his Tesla Model X, he developed a potentially fatal blood vessel blockage in his lung. The disease is called pulmonary embolism and could have taken his life but for Tesla’s autopilot. Neally told Slate that Autopilot drove him 20 miles down a freeway to a hospital....

A few weeks ago, The Next Web noticed something unusual while using Google Analytics. They discovered that there is a fake Google domain which opens up as ?oogle.com, and not Google.com. The domain leads to a secret.Google.com, asking people to ‘Vote for Trump’. However, now the website displays a message that says ‘Trump, you did it.’ The unusual part — the capital G seems smaller than normal, which is about the same size as a lowercase letter....

Business Insider quoted Gates explanation about their dissimilarity as Jobs as the one with a design mind-set, while he had a coder’s mind, focusing more on the architectural built. The apt definition came from a new book on Jobs called, “Becoming Steve Jobs”, co-written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. Below is the excerpt from the book: “He had an expectation of superlative things in his own work and in the products they would create....

Around 10:20 a.m. ET. The cryptocurrency jumped up to $1,241.30. In the meantime, gold was around $1,241.25 at the time. However, minutes later, Bitcoin fell below the yellow metal, but then bounced back again. As of 10:41 a.m. ET yesterday, Bitcoin had increased by 1.8% at $1,248.10, while gold was down 0.6% at $1,242.15. Get the latest Bitcoin price here.

Patent awarded to Boeing for laser-triggered nuclear fusion powered jet engine, but will Boeing build one?How would the newly patented engine of Boeing work:In technical terms the patent reads: Airplane makers constantly work on making their products efficient, one example is the presence of multiple turbofan engines in the Boeing Dreamliner, which has a series of fans and turbines that are used to compress the air and ignite the fuel to produce the required thrust....

Dubbed as Email Spoofing, it enables the forgery of an e-mail header so that the email appears to have originated from someone else than the actual or original source. An attacker generally needs a working SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server to send email and a mailing software to spoof email addresses. The independent security researcher Yan Zhu, who was the one to discover the flaw said that the bug only works within the regular Gmail Android app....

In September this year, China’s Industry And Information Technology Ministry had issued a notice in this regard to “protect the legitimate rights and interest of citizens in cyberspace”. This will make it easier for the Chinese government to track mobile phone and internet users. According to the notice, telecom operators need to use “artificial intelligence and other technical means” to check the identities of people registering SIM cards. This means consumers will have their photos taken, which will be used to check against their identity information held online for a match....

Lizard Squad or technical glitch? PlayStation Network and Xbox Live go down on ChristmasSony confirms the outage The premier foe of both the online gaming networks, Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for DDoSing them. The hide and seek involving Lizard Squad and the two gaming networks continued over the Christmas eve into today. As promised in the now banned Twitter account @LizardPatrol, the Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for taking down PlayStation Network on Twitter, saying it has downed both networks with DDoS attacks – basically, intentionally overloading servers by sending a flood of bogus web traffic....

The hacking contest held over last weekend – November 16 and 17 – saw China’s top hackers take part in the Tianfu Cup 2019 International Cyber Security Competition – the country’s top hacking competition – to test some of the world’s most popular applications. For those unaware, prior to 2018, Chinese experts had successfully dominated Pwn2Own, the world’s largest hacking contest, by winning the competition years in a row. However, in the spring of 2018, the Chinese Government prohibited Chinese white hat hackers from taking part in international hacking competitions....

Security Researcher discovers critical universal Cross Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that affects Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 and 8.1Vulnerability Leo has submitted his revelation on the Full Disclosure mailing list, which can be found here. He said that he had also reported the issue to Microsoft on 13th October, 2014 but Microsoft has not patched the vulnerability as of now. Vulnerability The vulnerability is known as a universal cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw....

A prominent security researcher has discovered serious vulnerabilities in a system that allows awards voters to watch the latest movie screeners online. Chris Vickery who works for Mac Keeper and had previously gained access to the ‘World-Check’ terror, crime and sanctions database, informed TF of his discovery last month after an unsecured database was left open to the public. Screeners are copies of unreleased films which are given to press for reviews by movie studios....