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Security researchers warn of PGP, S/MIME encryption vulnerabilities in Apple Mail, other email clients

This might keep Apple’s security teams for a few night working on a patch. A group of vulnerabilities discovered in PGP and S/MIME that could allow an attacker to read emails encrypted using the standards, with one attack potentially allowing for a message to be decrypted by abusing a flaw in the way Mail for […]

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USB Restricted Mode for iOS 11.4 could limit law enforcement agencies’ times to unlock iOS devices to seven days

Apple is looking to make iOS even more secure, even if they irk law enforcement along the way. iOS 11.4, which is still in development, will include a security feature that disables the Lightning port if the iPhone hasn’t been unlocked for seven days. The feature is called USB Restricted Mode. Apple has described it […]

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Net neutrality protections to end on June 11, reversal vote could take place next week

The FCC announced on Thursday that currents net neutrality protections will officially end on June 11, with ISPs able to prioritize or block Internet traffic as they wish from that date. Providers will also be able to charge more for access to certain service, such as streaming video. In spite of this, a long-shot vote […]

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Intel asks for two week delay in publishing Spectre-style vulnerability descriptions, further patches not due until July/August timeline

Intel’s forthcoming release of patches to fix Spectre-style flaws in its processors has apparently been delayed by two more weeks to late May, a new report suggesting that Intel wants to push the release back even further into July while it works to finalize the required updates. The new batch of flaws, unofficially named “Spectre […]

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Valve Steam Link app en route to iOS, will allow iOS and tvOS devices to play Mac and PC games

This wasn’t expected, but it’s not a complete surprise either. Still, it could amount to something nifty. Valve Software has announced that it will begin releasing development tools to allow Steam Link and Steam Video apps for iOS enabling gamers to stream a PC or Mac game, or video content bought from the store, to […]