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Mobile Security News Roundup: Top Stories From August
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Weekly Roundup: Zero-day hacks rock Apple, WhatsApp changes privacy policy
TechCrunch August, the weekend of months. This week a zero-day hack rocked Apple, WhatsApp announced a major privacy change and Tesla announced a new model that takes Ludicrous Mode to the next level. Would you rather get the Weekly Roundup in your inbox … |
The following are links to stories written by IDG publications and the IDG News Service about the FBI’s attempt to force Apple to help it to hack into the iPhone 5c that was used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the people said to have been involved in an attack in San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2.
Why the FBI’s request to Apple will affect civil rights for a generation
Apple’s fight with the FBI could go all the way to the US Supreme Court
Tim Cook says Apple will oppose court order rather than hack customers
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When checking around for what’s been happening with Microsoft, it seems like the company is following its normal pattern of gaining ground and then shooting itself in the foot. Here are a few examples:
At the end of 2015, Microsoft announced that it will start notifying users if the company believes “your account has been targeted or compromised by an individual or group working on behalf of a nation state.” Scott Charney, Microsoft’s Corporate VP of Trustworthy Computing, added:
We’re taking this additional step of specifically letting you know if we have evidence that the attacker may be “state-sponsored” because it is likely that the attack could be more sophisticated or more sustained than attacks from cybercriminals and others.
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