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Celebrity photo theft a targeted attack on names, passwords, and security questions, and didn't result from breaches of Find my iPhone or iCloud — Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation — We wanted to provide an update to our investigation into the theft of photos of certain celebrities.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker, a law enforcement tool popular on hacker forums, downloads full iCloud backups given stolen credentials — The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple's iCloud — As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend …
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| Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order: |
A look inside the hacker networks dealing in stolen celebrity data — Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft — An interesting aspect of information security is how periodically it collides with other industries and subcultures. With more information than ever being stored and shared online …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
While Apple denies that iCloud was “breached”, it doesn't deny iCloud was involved in the celebrity photo theft — Apple denies iCloud breach in celebrity nude photo hack — Apple says that the mass theft of nude celebrity photos that were released over the weekend did not occur … | Michael Rose / TUAW: |
Apple's two-factor authentication doesn't cover restoring a new device from an iCloud backup, a known issue affecting data security — Think iCloud's two-factor authentication protects your privacy? It doesn't — As the forensic analysis of the weekend's celebrity intimate photo leak continues …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot — Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks …
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google's Android Wear to support Bluetooth headsets, GPS, and third party watch faces — Google says Android Wear about to get even smarter (Q&A) — The search giant hasn't said much about its OS for wearable devices since a demo in June. CNET sat down with two of the project's head engineers to find out what's new.
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| Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
Apple, Nordstrom in Talks to Partner on Payments — Department store Nordstrom is reportedly in talks to be one of Apple's early merchant partners when the company unveils its new payments platform soon, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions.| Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: |
Greg Wyler, satellite executive and founder of 03b Networks, has abruptly left Google — Abrupt Exit for Google Satellite Exec — One of the leaders of Google's effort to build a constellation of Internet-beaming satellites, Greg Wyler, has left the company, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
AOL's Brand CEO Susan Lyne Stepping Down to Run Women-Focused Fund for Company — Susan Lyne, the longtime media exec who has been CEO of AOL's brand group from early 2013, is stepping down from that role to run a venture fund inside the New York-based media company aimed at women-led digital startups.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Concur shares soar amid reports of potential sale to SAP, Oracle — Shares of Concur are up nearly 16 percent in after-hours trading following a report from Bloomberg noting the company's interest in a potential sale. Bloomberg notes that the Bellevue-based travel expense company is working …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Office for iPad adds monthly in-app subscriptions; $6.99/month for Office 365 Personal, $9.99/month for Office 365 Home — Microsoft adds monthly in-app subscription option to Office for iPad — Summary: Microsoft Office for iPad users now have the option to subscribe to Office 365 monthly and from inside Word, Excel or PowerPoint.| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Reddit unveils its first mobile app for Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews on iOS, Android version coming later this week — Reddit to Launch Mobile App for AMAs (Exclusive) — Reddit has made its long-awaited entry into the mobile app category with one devoted to its most popular attraction, the Ask Me Anything (AMA) interviews.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
LinkedIn considers allowing content from Chinese users that is censored in China to be viewed globally — LinkedIn Reviewing China Censorship Policy — LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) expanded into China this year, adopting policies in line with the country's censorship rules.
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| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
UK government warns of legislative action if search engines don't stop linking to pirate sites — UK Govt. Warns Google, Microsoft & Yahoo Over Piracy — Developments over the past 12 months have sent the clearest message yet that the UK government is not only prepared to morally support … | Zach Miners / PC World: |
Appeals court clears Yelp of claims that it fixed reviews — A federal appeals court has cleared Yelp of claims that it extorted businesses into advertising on its site by fabricating bad reviews about them. — A handful of small-business owners filed a class-action lawsuit against Yelp in 2010 …
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Ouya in preliminary sales talks with Xiaomi, Tencent and other Chinese companies, has engaged with Google and Amazon — Android Game Console Maker Ouya in Sale Talks With Chinese Internet Giants, Others — Ouya, the maker of an low-cost Android-based gaming console of the same name … | Bloomberg: |
SoftBank's humanoid robot Pepper will go on sale in US within a year, coming to Sprint stores — SoftBank to Sell Robot in U.S. Stores Within 12 Months — Billionaire Masayoshi Son will start selling his humanoid robots named “Pepper” at Sprint Corp. (S) stores in the U.S. by next summer … Sponsor Posts
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