An anonymous reader quotes a report from AppleInsider: A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday reveals Apple board member Al Gore this week sold 215,437 shares of Apple stock (APPL) worth about $29.5 million. Gore’s stock sale, which…
Java and Python FTP Attacks Can Punch Holes Through Firewalls
“The Java and Python runtimes fail to properly validate FTP URLs, which can potentially allow attackers to punch holes through firewalls to access local networks,” reports CSO Online. itwbennett writes: Last weekend security researcher Alexander Klink disclosed an interesting attack…
Are Your Slack Conversations Really Private and Secure?
An anonymous reader writes: “Chats that seem to be more ephemeral than email are still being recorded on a server somewhere,” reports Fast Company, noting that Slack’s Data Request Policy says the company will turn over data from customers when…
Founder of India's $4 Smartphone Firm Arrested on Allegations of Fraud
Remember the $4 smartphone from India? Yeah, things haven’t really materialized. Reuters reports: The founder of an Indian tech firm that shot to prominence by offering a $4 smartphone has been arrested on allegations of fraud, after a handset dealer…
New iOS Update Fixes Unexpected Shutdown Issue On iPhone 6, iPhone 6s
Matthew Panzarino, writing for TechCrunch: Over the past couple of iPhone versions users have complained of “unexpected” shutdowns of their devices. Some iPhone 6, 6S, 6 Plus and 6S Plus devices could basically go dark unexpectedly, forcing a user to…
Samsung's First Exynos 9 Chip is Faster, Uses Less Power, and Supports Gigabit LTE
Samsung is taking a big step forward on both processing and LTE speeds with its next mobile system on a chip. From a report on The Verge: The chip, called the Exynos 9 Series 8895, is supposed to perform 27…
Panasonic Wants Employees To Relax, Limits Work Days To 11 hours
Japan is notorious for its long working hours, which have been blamed for a national health crisis known as “karoshi” — death from overwork. From a report on CNET: Panasonic hopes to curb this, instructing its 100,000-ish employees to work…
Treasure Trove of Internal Apple Memos Discovered in Thrift Store
An anonymous reader shares a Gizmodo report: Peeking inside a book bin at a Seattle Goodwill, Redditor vadermeer caught an interesting, unexpected glimpse into the early days of Apple: a cache of internal memos, progress reports, and legal pad scribbles…
Hackers spam Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to spotlight security flaws
Spamming CS:GO game lobbies might be good at getting attention, but is it the right tactic?
Lawmakers set to overturn broadband privacy rules, as ISPs requested
Congress is preparing to overturn rules that require ISPs to get customers to opt in before selling data