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iOS 4.1 Security Flaw – Make Calls from Locked iPhone 4

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A major security flaw has been found in iOS 4.1 because of which you can make calls from locked iPhone. You can bypasses iPhone’s passcode lock without any hack. This security issue in iOS 4.1 was found by folks at MacRumors Forums. I think I just found a security flaw in ios 4.1. When you […]

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Facebook Applications Leaking User Info To 3rd Parties, Says Wall Street Journal

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In the next episode of Facebook’s privacy and user security woes, it’s the already notorious Facebook Applications that are under fire for leaking users’ IDs to third parties, specifically internet research and advertising companies. The news was broken by the Wall Street Journal and thus is being taken seriously. The magazine reports that all of […]

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Facebook Introduces Disposable Passwords For Public Computers

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Accessing your personal email/social media accounts on a public computer can sometimes be dangerous if you’re not careful or forget to log out completely. Sometimes your greasy fingers also leave fingerprints on keyboards which can be used to crack your passwords, not to mention security camera which are now present everywhere and can be used […]

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New Twitter Fixes Security Flaw & Debuts 2 New Features

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Twitter is currently going through the process of rolling out its new version to users through individual invitations and the site experienced a serious security threat today when both new and old versions of Twitter faced a potentially dangerous hack of its web interface. The bug started redirecting users to third party websites and even […]

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Software Update Released To Fix The iPhone & iPad PDF Security Hole

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Apple has released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad to fix the famous PDF security glitch behind the successful jailbreaking of the iPhone 4. Users have reported receiving the update which is a big one with 579.3 MB on iPhone 4 which indicates a lot more than just a security […]

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Apple To Release Patch For iPhone’s PDF Security Hole

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So that’s how they Jailbroke the iPhone 4. Smart, but Apple will soon be releasing the update to fix the iPhone’s PDF security hole that allowed Comex & co. to jailbreak the device. Apple found that the way the jailbreak worked–via an iPhone’s mobile Safari browser—was because of a security vulnerability when it comes to […]

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