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Slickwraps CEO reports data breach, offers apology to customers

Sometimes these things happen. Accessory maker Slickwraps, which produces a variety of popular wraps and cases for iPhones, Samsung Galaxy phones, AirPods, and other devices, has conceded that the company was the victim of a data breach wherein sensitive user data was accessed. Company CEO Jonathan Endicott offered the following apology to customers: “Slickwraps Users, […]

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Intel states forthcoming software and firmware updates will help make computers “immune” to Spectre, Meltdown vulnerabilities

Where the Meltdown and Spectre bugs are now affecting billions of processors around the world, Intel has not stated that forthcoming firmware updates and software patches will render Intel-based computer systems “immune” to these issues. The company has stated that updates have been issued for the majority of Intel processor products introduced within the past […]

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Malware, leaked emails, code samples point to HackingTeam’s return on the Mac

HackingTeam has apparently returned. A group of researchers has uncovered what appears to be malware from the HackingTeam group. The group had surfaced last July, creating malware-as-a-service software. Recently, a sample of the group’s work, posted to the Internet, revealed 400 gigabytes worth of the group’s private e-mail and source code. The sample was uploaded […]

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Rumor: Microsoft working on “iWatch” device of its own

You know that rumor about Apple working on an iWatch of sorts? Microsoft may be working on its own. Per the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is apparently working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products. Earlier […]