Bryan Chaffin and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to talk about Apple’s earnings report and how the landscape has changed.
Ukraine Authorities Seize Unencrypted Windscribe VPN Servers
VPN provider Windscribe said its servers were not encrypted, enabling authorities to create decoy servers and snoop on web traffic.
The Ontario, Canada-based company said earlier this month that two servers hosted in Ukraine were seized as part of an investigation into activity that had occurred a year earlier. The servers, which ran the OpenVPN virtual private network software, were also configured to use a setting that was deprecated in 2018 after security research revealed vulnerabilities that could allow adversaries to decrypt data.
Oh come on, VPN servers that weren’t encrypted?
Totallee Offers Impressive 50% Off Sale for All Smartphone Cases
Starting today and valid until August 8 you can use a special promo code to get 50% off any product with totallee.
Twitter Tests New ‘Shop Module’ Feature for iOS Users
Twitter is piloting a new feature on Wednesday called Shop Module. It will let brands add a shopping section at the top of their profiles. The pilot is currently limited to iOS devices for people who use the service in English.
The Shop Module is a dedicated space at the top of a profile where businesses can showcase their products. When people visit a profile with the Shop Module enabled, they can scroll through the carousel of products and tap through on a single product to learn more and purchase — seamlessly in an in-app browser, without having to leave Twitter.
Apple Threatens iPhone Prototype Seller With Police Involvement
Apple has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Chinese citizen who advertised stolen iPhone prototypes on social media.
Use Back Tap To Activate Flashlight
Did you know you can turn your flashlight on without unlocking your iPhone? Use Back Tap to turn on your flashlight, check it out in this segment from Mac Geek Gab 879.
Apple to Limit Siri Interactions With Third-Party Apps in iOS 15
According to a support article for developers, Apple is deprecating some SiriKit intents and commands for third-party apps.
Former eBay Security Chief Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Over Cyber-Stalking
Philip Cooke is the last of seven former eBay employees to be charged for involvement in a harassment campaign against two bloggers.
1Password Reveals US$100M Funding Round
Password management platform 1Password has revealed it has raised funding worth US$100m. Business is booming thanks to new at-home and hybrid working arrangements, VentureBeat reported.
According to 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner, while multiple factors have aligned to drive demand for password management tools, the single biggest change since its last fundraise has been society’s rapid transition from offices to remote or hybrid working. “Businesses — both large and small — were forced overnight to adopt a remote way of working,” Shiner told VentureBeat. “That switch meant that companies, most of whom were used to a centralized office, suddenly needed to support employees using their own devices, at home on their own potentially insecure networks. With the remote-hybrid shift came a proliferation of SaaS tools to help keep people and teams productive. Many of these tools are brought in to help specific teams solve specific problems, which means that across an organization, there can be hundreds of different software products — all requiring unique logins and access.” Helping workers stay on top of all their login credentials is where 1Password comes into play.
Hackers Increasingly Using Discord to Spread Malware
Researchers found that hackers are turning to Discord to spread malware, such as password-hijacking and Discord chat bot APIs.
But the greatest percentage of the malware we found have a focus on credential and personal information theft, a wide variety of stealer malware as well as more versatile RATs. The threat actors behind these operations employed social engineering to spread credential-stealing malware, then use the victims’ harvested Discord credentials to target additional Discord users.
