Tag Archive for: Bomb

Three years in jail for teenager who spammed out school bomb threats

Three years in jail for teenager who spammed out school bomb threats

British teenager George Duke-Cohan has been jailed for three years for making hoax bomb threats that closed hundreds of schools up and down the UK.

Graham Cluley

Teenage hacker admits making hoax bomb threats against schools and airlines

Teenage hacker admits making hoax bomb threats against schools and airlines

British police have announced that they have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a series of hoax bomb threats and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

‘Killer text bomb’ crashes iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches

'Killer text bomb' crashes iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches

Apple has confirmed that it is working on a bug fix that will stop apps like Messages from crashing when they attempt to display a Unicode symbol representing a letter from the south Indian language of Telugu.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Apple Rushes Fix for Latest ‘Text Bomb’ Bug As Abuse Spreads

Apple said it is working on a fix for the latest text bomb bug that crashes a number of iOS and Mac apps that display specific Telugu language characters.   
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