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IMessage comes to Android thanks to neat Mac hack

It’s not the first app to enable the feature as similar but short-lived solutions have been previously available for Android devices. The project is still a prototype and is nowhere near completion but going by Eric’s arguments, it seems he just needs a …
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Faithless Fans Suffer Data Breach thanks to SQLi Flaw – Infosecurity Magazine


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Faithless Fans Suffer Data Breach thanks to SQLi Flaw
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Nearly 20,000 fans of British electro band Faithless have had their personal details stolen, exposing them to follow-up phishing and fraud attacks, according to a report. Security firm Cyberint caught wind of the attack after it discovered a database

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Akamai: DDoS attacks up thanks to criminal misuse of stress-test services

Criminals are tapping Web-based services that are advertised as tools to stress test customers’ networks but in actuality they are using them to launch DDoS attacks against victims, according to Akamai.

The paid sites can make DDoS attacks a viable option for actors looking to shut down targeted servers, the company says in its “State of the Internet/Security Q3 2015” report. “Many of the sites are simply DDoS-for-hire tools in disguise, relying on the use of reflection attacks to generate their traffic,” the report says.

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3D Touch comes to iPad Pro thanks to clever Apple Pencil hack

The iPad Pro is the most impressive tablet Apple’s ever created, but it’s missing one killer feature: 3D Touch. Developer Hamza Sood has found a clever workout around though that brings Peek and Pop features to the iPad Pro, and it’s all made …
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