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iPhoneDevSDK responds to attack

by Erica Sadun (Feb 20th, 2013)

Yesterday, Apple disclosed it had been targeted by a malware attack. Apparently, related to a recent Facebook breach, Apple issued a statement regarding the situation: "The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software ...

Second accused AT&T iPad hacker in plea talks

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 29th, 2011)

Last month, Daniel Spitler pleaded guilty to hacking account information from AT&T 3G iPads and faces up to 10 years in prison. His alleged partner in crime, Andrew Auernheimer, is now reportedly negotiating a plea deal as well. Auernheimer's case is currently on hold during these ...

PayPal app has huge security flaw, update rushed to Apple

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 3rd, 2010)

You'd think by now we'd all be wary of open WiFi networks, and luckily that's the only way this could affect you, but if you use the PayPal app on an open network the Wall Street Journal is reporting a hacker could potentially nab your user account. According to the story, the app doesn't verify ...

AT&T sends email to iPad 3G owners affected by security breach

by Michael Rose (Jun 13th, 2010)

We've heard from several iPad 3G-owning readers who got an email today from AT&T's chief privacy officer regarding the exposure of email addresses due to the hacking efforts of Goatse Security. The full email is reproduced in the second half of this post. As was pointed out last week, the ...

AT&T website scraped to reveal iPad 3G owners' email addresses

by Michael Rose (Jun 9th, 2010)

While there's no specific security risk associated with the pairing of ICC-ID and the email address of a subscriber -- other than the likelihood of spam or the possibility of phishing -- it's still a bad, bad thing to be giving away customer data out the front door. How many pairs of IDs and emails ...