“Mysterious malware — that has not yet engaged in malicious activity — has infected nearly 40,000 Mac devices, according to the cybersecurity firm Red Canary, which first detected the threat.”
Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app
“Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter.”
Digital Duplicity: The Social Media Purge Exposes Net Neutrality’s True Goal
“For nearly two decades, Silicon Valley made net neutrality its highest policy priority. Under the banner of a “free and open” internet, Google, Facebook, and Twitter sought regulations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of information by treating every bit equally. Or so they said.”
Cloudflare and Apple made a new DNS protocol to protect your data from ISPs
“Cloudflare is proposing a new DNS standard it developed with Apple that’s designed to help close a blindspot in my (and I’m sure many others’) internet privacy measures (via TechCrunch).”
China’s Xiaomi overtakes Apple as world’s third-largest smartphone maker
“With the smartphone market starting to recover from the coronavirus crisis, Chinese producer Xiaomi has made history by beating the iconic Apple iPhone at its own game.”
A group of hackers won $288,500 from Apple for telling the company about 55 bugs, including one that would’ve let an attacker steal someone’s iCloud photos
“They were operating as “white hat” hackers, meaning their goal was to alert Apple to the vulnerabilities rather than to steal information. The team was led by 20-year-old Sam Curry, along with Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipourmsec, Samuel Erb, and Tanner Barnes.”
Apple pays $288,000 to white-hat hackers who had run of company’s network
“For months, Apple’s corporate network was at risk of hacks that could have stolen sensitive data from potentially millions of its customers and executed malicious code on their phones and computers, a security researcher said on Thursday.”
T2 security chip on Macs can be hacked to plant malware; cannot be patched
“Security researchers have confirmed speculation that the T2 security chip on modern Macs can be hacked. A combination of two different exploits would give a hacker the ability to modify the behavior of the chip, and even plant malware like a keylogger inside it.”
Apple creates designer masks for employees
“Customers wearing protective facemasks visit an Apple store in Hong Kong on February 22, 2020. – Since it emerged in December, the new coronavirus has killed 2,345 people in China, the epicentre of the epidemic, and 16 elsewhere in the world.”
iOS 14: How to set Google Chrome as your default browser on iPhone
“iOS 14 allows for third-party web browsers and email clients to become the default, so if you really don’t like Safari and Apple Mail, you now have other options.”
