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Apple opened the door for users to install Windows on Macs, and Microsoft made truckloads of cash selling Office and its associated services on iPhone and iPad. It was all quiet on the PC front, as the battle moved to the smartphone. But now, after years of stability, change is on the horizon in the PC market. Former Apple lovers, including myself, are starting to reconsider Windows. And hardware like the Microsoft Surface Studio PC, Eve V laptop/tablet hybrid, and Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 is getting people excited about computers again. It's a huge renaissance for Windows, coming at a time when Apple fans feel like the company is treating the Mac like an afterthought. Don't just take my word for it: Over the weekend, my friend Owen Williams wrote a piece entitled "Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up," which really says it all. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Battle+of+the+Classrooms http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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Five months on from the release of iOS 8, and following six rounds of bugfixes, Apple's flagship mobile platform that powers almost three out of four iPhone and iPads is still riddled with bugs.
I'm just going to come out and say it - this is a mess. If we were talking about cosmetic stuff like a badly laid out user interface or poor selection of wallpapers then I could overlook the issues, but they aren't. These are bugs relating to core systems such as Wi-Fi, cellular connectivity, Bluetooth, and stability and performance.
These are show-stopping bugs. These are bugs that quite frankly should have been sorted before iOS 8 was released, and definitely should have been pinned down after the first couple of updates.
But they aren't.
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Major cyber security incidents continue to hit the headlines. Security and privacy are top concerns for IT and security professionals, especially after 2014’s highly publicized data breaches.
Companies around the globe were victim to malware, stolen data and exploited vulnerabilities. Big companies weren’t immune to this, with Target, JPMogan Chase, Home Depot and Sony Pictures suffering the painful sting of data breaches. Even celebrities were targeted, with compromised iCloud accounts.
It really isn’t surprising that almost everyone anticipates the need to prepare for security challenges in the coming months. According to a recent survey by Tech Pro Research, 84 percent of IT professionals are more concerned about security and privacy in 2015.
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Apple is pushing out a mandatory update for Adobe Flash in the wake of the recent disclosure of three zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited in the wild.
Mac OS X will find that Flash has been disabled on their devices and will see popup messages urging them to install the latest updates if they want to continue to use the software.
“If you’re using an out-of-date version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in, you may see the message ‘Blocked plug-in’, ‘Flash Security Alert’ or ‘Flash out-of-date’ when attempting to view Flash content in Safari. To continue viewing Flash content, update to a later version of Adobe Flash Player. Click the Download Flash button. Safari opens the Adobe Flash Player page on the Adobe website,” the advisory from Apple stated.
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Kurz nachdem bekannt wurde, dass über Googles Play Store millionenfach Adware-Tools heruntergeladen wurden, erwischt es Apple-Nutzer: Sicherheitsforscher haben Spionagetools enttarnt, die iOS-User belauschen und ihre Daten kopieren. Eines der Programme läuft sogar auf vermeintliche sicheren iPhones, die nicht gejailbreakt wurden.
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A security firm has discovered a vulnerability in Apple’s Safari Browser that allows attackers to spoof legitimate websites and phish for user credentials.
Users are encouraged to watch out for spoofing attacks that redirect them to phishing schemes. To learn more about how to spot a phish, please click here.
Apple has released Security Update 2015-003 for OS X Yosemite v10.10.2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Security Update 2015-003 and apply the necessary updates.
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Apple diffuse une mise à jour pour son navigateur Safari. Elle permet de corriger plusieurs vulnérabilités de sécurité affectant le moteur de rendu WebKit.
Apple publie Safari 8.0.4, Safari 7.1.4 et Safari 6.2.4. Ces mises à jour pour le navigateur de la firme à la pomme sont à destination du système d'exploitation OS X Mountain Lion, Mavericks et Yosemite.
Ces mises à jour peuvent être obtenues depuis le menu Apple et le bouton " Mises à jour " ou depuis le Mac App Store. Elles ont pour but de corriger un total de dix-sept vulnérabilités de sécurité affectant le moteur de rendu WebKit.
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An average of 19 vulnerabilities per day were reported in 2014, according to the data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). In this article, I look at some of the trends and key findings for 2014 based on the NVD’s database. . #Mac OS X and #Linux had more #vulnerabilities in 2014 than ALL #Windows Versions in sum. .
Not surprisingly at all, web browsers continue to have the most security vulnerabilities because they are a popular gateway to access a server and to spread malware on the clients. Adobe free products and Java are the main challengers but web browsers have continuously topped the table for the last six years. Mozilla Firefox had the most vulnerabilities reported in 2009 and 2012; Google Chrome in 2010 and 2011; Internet Explorer was at the top for the last two years. To keep systems secure, it is critical that they are fully patched. IT admins should focus on (patch them first): - Operating systems (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- Web browsers
- Java
- Adobe free products (Flash Player, Reader, Shockwave Player, AIR).
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Almost five years ago, Intego security researchers warned about the OSX/OpinionSpy spyware infecting Mac computers, downloaded during the installation of innocent-sounding applications and screensavers distributed via well-known sites such as MacUpdate and VersionTracker.
Once compromised, infected Macs could leak data and open a backdoor for further abuse.
Now, sadly, a variant of OpinionSpy seems to be making something of a comeback.
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Woburn, MA – February 10, 2015 - According to the Consumer Security Risk Survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, Apple users responded to have encountered cyber threats almost as often as the users of other platforms. The survey showed that 24 percent of Apple desktop users and 10 percent of Apple laptop users encountered malware during the year*, whereas the number of affected PC owners is slightly higher at 32 percent.
Although security experts have not, thus far, found as much harmful software for OS X as they have for other platforms like Windows, malware does still aim to attack Mac devices. Malware such as ransomware was reportedly faced by 13 percent of Mac users compared to 9 percent of Windows users. There is a similar situation with threats targeting financial data: these incidents were reported by 51 percent of OS X users and 43 percent of Windows users.
In addition the survey results showcased that Mac users are generally less aware of Internet threats than Windows users. For example, 39 percent of MacBook owners have never or hardly heard of ransomware, and 30 percent do not know about dangerous malicious programs that can exploit vulnerabilities in software. By comparison, among all respondents 33 percent know almost nothing about ransomware and 28 percent are unaware of exploits.
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Adobe has released Flash Player 16.0.0.305, a new version that fixes the latest zero-day flaw (CVE-2015-0313) that is currently exploited in...
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Auf höfliche Nachfrage rückt Apples Sprachassistentin bereitwillig sämtliche Angaben zum Besitzer eines iOS-Gerätes aus dem Adressbuch – auch im Lockscreen.
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