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Motorola Shamu (Nexus 6/X): 5.92" screen, 2560 x 1440 QHD resolution, 498 PPI display, 3,200 mAh battery — Exclusive: This is ‘Shamu,’ Motorola's upcoming Nexus 6/X — Yes, it looks like a Moto X. But it has a 5.9-inch screen. And lowered volume/lock buttons.
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| Robert Graham / Errata Security: |
Bash bug as big as Heartbleed — Today's bash bug is as big a deal as Heartbleed. That's for many reasons. — The first reason is that the bug interacts with other software in unexpected ways. We know that interacting with the shell is dangerous, but we write code that does it anyway.
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| Robert Graham / Errata Security: |
Bash “shellshock” bug is wormable, a quick scan to uncover vulnerable servers has revealed — Bash ‘shellshock’ bug is wormable — Early results from my scan: there's about 3000 systems vulnerable just on port 80, just on the root “/” URL, without Host field.
| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
First attacks using Bash bug discovered in the wild, available patch only a partial fix — First attacks using ‘shellshock’ Bash bug discovered — Summary: Security researchers have found the first malware using the new Bash bug. — Liam Tung — Within a day of the Bash bug dubbed 'shellshock …
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| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
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| Dell Cameron / The Daily Dot: |
Developer reported iCloud brute-force password hack to Apple in March 2014, months before Celebgate — Apple knew of iCloud security hole 6 months before Celebgate — Apple knew as early as March 2014 of a security hole that left the personal data of iCloud users vulnerable …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Hootsuite raises $60M at a $1B valuation, acquires Zeetl to integrate voice calls in social media — Hootsuite Reaches $1 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round — Hootsuite, the Vancouver-based startup known for its social media management dashboards, has raised $60 million in new venture funding, CEO Ryan Holmes told Re/code.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Joe Green Pushed Out at FWD.us — Joe Green, the president of FWD.us, has resigned from the political organization that is backed by a coterie of tech luminaries, most prominently Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. — And, according to a “confidential” email that Zuckerberg sent …
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| New York Times: |
Lenders using tech to track cars of subprime borrowers, disable ignition if payments missed — Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car — Credit: John Gurzinski for The New York Times — The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old's asthma was flaring up.
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| NPD Group: |
US retail PC sales grew 3% in Back-to-School period led by Macs and Chromebooks, after declining 2.5% last year — Apple and Chrome Boost U.S. Retail PC Back-to-School Sales — U.S. consumer retail PC sales grew almost 3 percent during the 10 week Back-to-School period …
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AppleInsider, BGR, 9to5Mac, eWeek, BetaNews, iMore, ZDNet, Electronista and TUAW. Tweets: @monkbent
| Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org: |
Developer warns that in-app browsers can keylog on iOS, recommends Safari for OAuth handshake — In-App Browsers Considered Harmful — How many apps on your iPhone or iPad have a built-in browser? — Would it surprise you to know that every one of those apps could eavesdrop on your typing?
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TUAW, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Six Colors, DISPLAYBLOG, Gizmodo, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice and 9to5Mac
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| Thorsten Von Eicken / RightScale Blog: |
AWS to roll out urgent patch, will reboot the vast majority of EC2 instances beginning Sept 26 — AWS to Reboot a Substantial Number of EC2 Instances — Today Amazon Web Services (AWS) notified its customers that it will be rolling out an urgent patch to all hosts causing a maintenance reboot …
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AWS Discussion Forums, SiliconANGLE, iTnews.com.au, ZDNet, The Register and Gigaom. Tweets: @mathewlodge
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Says iOS 8.0.2 Update is in the Works, Directs Users to Reinstall iOS 8 — Earlier today, Apple released iOS 8.0.1, which ended up disabling cellular service and Touch ID on many iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices. Apple said that it was investigating the issue this afternoon …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @chrispirillo, @inafried, @panzer and @jonyiveparody
| Lisa Vaas / Naked Security: |
Disgruntled employees are increasingly e-sabotaging businesses, FBI says — Employees with an axe to grind are increasingly sticking it to their current or former employers using e-tools such as cloud storage sites or remote access to a company's computer network, the US Federal Bureau … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Facebook to win EU approval for $19 billion WhatsApp bid: sources — (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O), the world's leading social network, will win unconditional EU approval for its $19 billion offer for mobile messaging startup WhatsApp in a deal pitting it against telecoms operators, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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