January 23, 2020

Apple allegedly made nice with FBI by dropping iCloud encryption plan

Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.

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January 09, 2020

Apple’s scanning iCloud photos for child abuse images

It isn't new, all the tech giants do it, and your privacy's intact - unless you're dealing in illegal imagery with telltale hashing.

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December 05, 2019

iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.

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October 02, 2019

Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 accounts

Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women's accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.

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April 17, 2019

Microsoft confirms Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts were breached

Between 1 January and 28 March this year hackers were able to access a “limited number” of consumer Outlook.com, Hotmail and MSN Mail email accounts, Microsoft has confirmed.

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January 24, 2019

Update now! Apple releases first 2019 iOS and macOS patches

Apple has issued its January security updates fixing a list of mostly shared CVE flaws affecting iOS and macOS with a smattering for Safari, watchOS, tvOS, and iCloud for Windows.

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November 01, 2018

Update now! Apple releases security fixes for iOS, MacOS, Safari, others

If you own any kind of Apple device or software, you may want to check to see if you have an update waiting for you.

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October 24, 2018

Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities' and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.

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May 22, 2018

TeenSafe phone monitoring app leaks teens’ iCloud logins in plaintext

The "secure" monitoring app is used by over a million parents.

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