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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.
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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.| 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 … | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 after users report losing cellular connections and problems with Touch ID — Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 after users report major problems with update — The new update is reportedly killing cell reception and Touch ID — One week after the launch of iOS 8 …
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Tweets: @inafried, @chrispirillo, @panzer and @jonyiveparody
| 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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| 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 … | 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.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Convicted black hat hacker Kevin Mitnick now selling zero-day exploits, starting at $100K — Kevin Mitnick, Once the World's Most Wanted Hacker, Is Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits — As a young man, Kevin Mitnick became the world's most notorious black hat hacker, breaking into the networks … | 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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MacRumors, Six Colors, DISPLAYBLOG, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Gizmodo, App Advice and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @drbarnard and @chockenberry
| 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 …
| 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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FWD.us, BuzzFeed, Politico, BREITBART.COM, The Daily Caller and Business Insider
Tweets: @ryangrim and @buzzfeedben
| Matt Petronzio / Mashable: |
Facebook's internet drones will be about the size of a commercial jet, but much lighter — Facebook Further Reveals Plans for Internet-Connected Drones — Yael Maguire, engineering director at Facebook Connectivity Lab, doesn't like to use the word “drones” when it comes to “beaming” Internet to the developing world.
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Engadget, VentureBreak, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, AllFacebook, The Verge, Gizmodo and Shelly Palmer. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
BlackBerry Passport review: good display and battery life, but inefficient keyboard with clumsy software — BlackBerry Passport review — Getting stuff done or getting in the way? — “BlackBerry is still around?” — I've heard that question quite often the past few weeks, as I've been using the BlackBerry Passport.| Bonnie Cha / Re/code: |
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