Overnight Recap: Safari Security Updates, Notifyr, Spotify Celebrates 10M
Apple appears to be on the move again, this time leasing a seven-building campus in Sunnyvale, California with plans to house nearly 1,500 employees there. According to The San Jose Mercury News, the...
View Article1Password 4.4 for Mac Adds Free Watchtower Security Feature
Password managers like 1Password are great at keeping sensitive data away from prying eyes, but don't help much when vulnerabilities like Heartbleed rear their ugly head — that is, until now.AgileBits...
View Article1Password 4.5 for iOS Arrives with New Look, Multiple Vaults, AirDrop
Online security is on the minds of all internet users right now in the wake of Heartbleed, so there's no better time than the present to unleash one of the biggest updates yet for the iOS version of...
View ArticleApple Software and 'Key Web Services' Reportedly Safe From 'Heartbleed' Bug
It's a good day to be an Apple user. Dire news about a security flaw named Heartbleed has been circulating around the Internet for the last week, but the Cupertino company said in a statement to...
View ArticleComiXology Becomes Latest Online Security Breach, Forces Password Reset
If you're a fan of digital comic books or even a casual reader, chances are you woke up this morning to an email from ComiXology detailing a mandatory password reset after discovering a database...
View ArticleThe 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, The Week of January 31
Lots of news this week all about things that are coming soon. In some cases, these things are rumors and in some cases these are things that are merely days away. We ourselves are most excited about...
View ArticleMight Be Time to Change Those Yahoo Mail Passwords, They Got Hacked
If your morning routine involves checking Yahoo Mail from your favorite computer, smartphone or tablet, don't be surprised if your breakfast comes with a side of password reset today.Yahoo announced...
View ArticleStudy: Apple Has Most Secure Password Protection Out of 100 Sites
So just how safe is your Apple.com account from intruders? Pretty darn safe, according to Dashlane (via Ars Technica), at least if you're talking about password protection. Dashlane studied the...
View ArticleAdobe Falls Victim to Security Breach, 2.9M Customers Affected
It's been relatively quiet since the last high-profile security breach of a technology company, but that silence ended Thursday with Adobe's announcement that the company had fallen victim to a cyber...
View Article1Password 4 for Mac Arrives, Free Update for Mac App Store Customers
The folks at AgileBits are popping the cork on any number of champagne bottles this morning as the biggest version of its 1Password for Mac application finally shifts out of beta and onto the hard...
View ArticlePasswarden Review
The impending arrival of iCloud Keychain has thrown a spotlight onto apps used to store sensitive data, including our longtime favorite, 1Password. The folks behind lesser-known contender Passwarden...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Mac More Secure
Apple already has a lot of security features baked into the Mac. From its strong, well-tested Unix foundation to the built-in privacy features of OS X, it’s one of the most secure operating systems...
View ArticleTumblr Issues Important Security Update for iPhone, iPad Users
It's that time again: A security issue has prompted Yahoo!-owned Tumblr to push out a "very important security update" for its iOS app, and users are advised to download them immediately.Tumblr...
View ArticleGerman Researchers Reveal Flaw in Apple-Generated Personal Hotspot Passwords
Don't panic, but the next time you head out and decide to flip on the Personal Hotspot feature on your iOS device, you might want to think about changing the password to something else.ZDNet reported...
View ArticleDownload 1Password for iOS, Mac for 50% Off for a Limited Time
For better or for worse, passwords might be here to stay (regardless of what Bill Gates said in 2004), but that doesn't mean you have to put up with their associated annoyances and the need to remember...
View ArticleTwitter Debuts Login Verification, Mac Version Adds Notification Center
Plagued with high-profile hacks in recent months, Twitter is finally getting serious about security with a new two-step login verification -- but users will need to actually enable it first before...
View ArticleAmazon S3 Servers Home to Huge Amounts of Unprotected Data
Are developers and even businesses leaving unprotected data laying around on cloud servers? One security website found that to definitely be the case, but it certainly doesn't have to be.The Verge...
View ArticleWeekend Recap: Apple Password Reset Fixed, Nokia CEO Tosses iPhone
Another weekend, another recap! And what a truly weird, wild weekend it was, which kicked off with Apple discovering (and then plugging) a big security hole in its Apple ID password reset system,...
View ArticleWeekend Recap: Evernote Password Reset, Digital AV Surprise, Campus 2
While there wasn't a huge amount of tech news over the weekend aside from an Evernote security scare, we've managed to dig up a heaping handful of tidbits for you, including a look at Apple's Lighting...
View Article5-Year-Old British Kid Racks Up $2,500 Worth of In-App Purchases
Exactly how fast can someone rack up a $2,500 tab with a free App Store game? One five-year-old across the pond did it in a matter of minutes, with the unwitting help of his parents and their...
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