A report on Wednesday shows that the damage from cyber attacks has reached over US$$25 billion since 2015.
The most costly attacks are credential attacks (the theft of an organization or individual’s passwords), which have accounted for $6.4 billion in company losses. Often, these credentials are stolen and then sold on the dark web, which happened in the recent T-Mobile breach. Backdoors, like what was used in the SolarWinds hack, have cost companies $5.6 billion.
Jeff Gamet joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss features that should come to Shortcuts, and how to disable some of their notifications.
Apple’s recent announcement that it will add a CSAM detection system to devices has angered many. Fight For The Future created a petition.
Apple’s Shortcuts is handy for automating actions on your iPhone, iPad, and soon your Mac, but there are a few features it needs to make it even more useful.
A robbery crew stole $500,00 from a drug runner using an Apple Watch to track their victim. The New Yorkers are now facing federal charges.
Motherboard has published the story of Andrey Shumeyko, a double agent for Apple. He shared his story because he believes Apple took advantage of him.
Shumeyko said he established a relationship with Apple’s anti-leak team—officially called Global Security—after he alerted them of a potential phishing campaign against some Apple Store employees in 2017. Then, in mid-2020, he tried to help Apple investigate one of its worst leaks in recent memory, and became a “mole,” as he put it.
A really fascinating story.
Nintendo Switch game Pokémon UNITE is coming to the App Store on September 22, the company revealed on Wednesday.
Preregistration has already kicked off on the App Store and Google Play Store. If you haven’t preregistered already, there’s an added incentive to do so. If preregistration totals reach 2,500,000, participants will receive a Pikachu Unite license. And if preregistration numbers hit 5,000,000, participants will get a special Holowear—Festival Style: Pikachu.
Find out what Dave Hamilton thinks about Fubo.tv with this excerpt from Mac Geek Gab 884.
The app review process has another casualty. FlickType, an award-winning keyboard app for the blind, won’t be available for iOS any longer.
Smartphone case creator CASETiFY has announced a special Space Jam case collection that will launch on August 30.
