studiomprd Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) There is a major security flaw in the software for Apple phones, the company announced Friday night. If you've logged onto WiFi from a coffee shop, hotel, airport or other public space, you could be at risk. "At this early stage, the vulnerability has been confirmed in iOS versions 6.1.5, 7.0.4, and 7.0.5, and OS X 10.9.0 and 10.9.1, meaning it has silently exposed the sensitive communications of millions of people for weeks or months," reported Arts Technica. For the time being, Mac users should not log in through insecure or public networks. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-iphone-and-mac-users-need-to-update-security-asap/ The recently-announced flaw in Apple’s iOS and OS X platforms essentially allows a hacker to get in between the initial verification “handshake” connection between the user and the destination server, enabling the adversary to masquerade as a trusted endpoint. This means the connection which is supposed to be encrypted between you and your bank, email server, healthcare provider and more is open to attack. Security experts across the web recommend updating iPhones and iPads with the available iOS patches now, and using browsers other than Safari for OS X systems without an available Apple fix. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/24/apples-security-breach-should-scare-you-more-than-targets-did/ -- posted from one of my personal computing devices, using a web browsing program... can you tell which ones ?? Edited February 24, 2014 by studiomprd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I was unaware there was a browser compatible with the Commodore 64. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I was unaware there was a browser compatible with the Commodore 64. Best regards, Jim But it only accepts PETSCII input... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 where to get the keyboard..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Don't worry about it, the NSA will read your emails even with the new security fix. And what the NSA can do, good hackers can, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Don't worry about it, the NSA will read your emails even with the new security fix. And what the NSA can do, good hackers can, too. Your email is unencrypted, so really anyone can read it if they are listening to the right network. Being a third party able to act as a secure server is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Bass Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Luckily nowhere I am ever has unencrypted wifi, and even if they did, I'm on Sprint so I probably couldn't get a signal anyway. I guess I'm safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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