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Apple extends 20GB iCloud storage offer until Q3 – Know Your Mobile
Apple wants you to use its cloud-based storage facility, iCloud, and nowadays many people do. But there’s still more than a few users on Apple’s soon-to-be-extinct MobileMe service. This is a problem for Apple. So to get MobileMe users across … Continue reading
Mac OS X Programming Error Exposes User Passwords – msnbc.com
Another week, another Apple Mac OS X security issue. The latest version of the operating system, Mac OS X 10.7.3 Lion, under certain conditions generates a file that exposes user passwords in plain text. The file is visible to all … Continue reading
iCloud storage upgrade extended for MobileMe users – Mac Central
MobileMe users are getting three extra months of free iCloud storage upgrades as they make the transition to the newer service. In its FAQ explaining the transition, Apple quietly extended the deadline to September 30. The change was first reported … Continue reading
When will Apple patch the Lion flaw that stores passwords in clear text? – ZDNet
Summary: An Apple developer enabled a debug log file in OS X 10.7.3 that stores user passwords in clear-text — and a user posted the flaw on Apple’s Support Communities over three months ago. Users of Apple’s FileVault encryption that … Continue reading
Apple’s Latest Mac OS X Security Update Exposes Users’ Passwords – Itproportal
Not quite a security update… One of Apple’s programmers, apparently by accident, has turned on a debug switch in the latest security update for Mac OS X Lion (10.7.3). CryptoMe’s David Emery, who discovered the fault, explained the mishap: “carefully … Continue reading
Apple engineering mistake exposes clear-text passwords for Lion – IDG NEWS
Apple’s latest update to OS X contains a dangerous programming error that reveals the passwords for material stored in the first version of FileVault, the company’s encryption technology, a software consultant said. David I. Emery wrote on Cryptome that a … Continue reading
Apple’s OS X Lion Update Has Exposed Encrypted Passwords for Three Months – PC Magazine
Last Friday, a security researcher warned Mac users of a programming oversight in Mac OSX 10.7 Lion, that exposed encrypted passwords. According to an email from David Emery, owner of DIE Consulting in Massachusetts, Apple accidentally left a debug option … Continue reading
Apple’s Lion Security Hole Could Be A Wider Issue Than Just FileVault? – TechCrunch
Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with…
Safe in its Shell – Wired News
Until Apple brought it back this year. The upcoming release of Apple’s flagship OS, called Mountain Lion (or 10.8 for those who don’t count in cats), features a new protection system named, with unusual candor, Gatekeeper. It prevents …
Google Drive: Cloud Storage For Small Business – Practical Ecommerce
Recently launched, Google Drive completes with existing cloud-storage services like Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Apple iCloud, Box, Microsoft SkyDrive, Trend Micro’s SafeSync, and SugarSync — to name the leading competitors in this rapidly …
