So you just lost your smartphone. It isn’t the end of the world, but it sure feels like it. In addition to the specter of shelling out another couple hundred dollars to replace the hardware, you’re facing the loss of all your contacts, your schedule, your to-do lists, your passwords (if you really weren’t...
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Apple on Wednesday patched a PDF exploit found in its mobile devices with iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iPod touch, and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad. The updates address a security hole used by hackers to “jailbreak” the iPhone, iPod touch. The PDF exploit could also be used by hackers to gain remote...
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Microsoft released a record 14 security bulletins today, 8 of them with a maximum rating of Critical, fixing a record-tying total 34 vulnerabilities. One of the updates addresses a vulnerability report that was released by third parties several days ago. Another addresses a vulnerability disclosed long ago. The 8 critical updates include: MS10-049: Vulnerabilities...
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