Posts

Posted on

Nepal quake survivors draw support from Apple, Google, Facebook

Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter are pitching in to help survivors of the catastrophic Nepal earthquake that occurred over the weekend.Apple has launched a partnership with the American Red Cross, asking iTunes users to donate money through its iTunes Store for the relief efforts. Apple says that 100 percent of the donations will be made to the American Red Cross in its ongoing efforts to help survivors. Twitter is also helping to raise funds through not-for-profit organizations, including UNICEF.

Read on, source: Nepal quake survivors draw support from Apple, Google, Facebook and others – CNET

Posted on

WordPress patches critical XSS vulnerability

WordPress developer Auttomatic is urging users to urgently update their installations of the company’s publishing platform to fix a critical vulnerability that could lead to attackers taking over entire sites.Jouko Pynnönen of security vendor Klikki.fi discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in WordPress that allows commenters to inject Javascript into sites.When admin users check the comments to moderate them and execute the Javascript they contain attackers can gain full control of the target WordPress site through the plugin and theme editors.

Read on, source: WordPress patches critical XSS vulnerability – Security – News – iTnews.com.au

Posted on

iOS bug sends iPhones into endless crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmgI0LaFYLA

 

There’s a bug in Apple’s iOS 8 that allows nearby attackers to send apps—and in some cases the iPhone or iPad they run on—into an endless reboot cycle that temporarily renders the devices useless, according to researchers who demonstrated the attack Tuesday.The exploit uses a standard Wi-Fi network that generates a specially designed secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate to exploit the bug, according to the researchers, who work for Israel-based Skycure. The encrypted communication causes whatever apps happen to be connected to the booby-trapped Wi-Fi network to crash. The vulnerability was introduced in version 8 of the Apple mobile operating system.

Read on, source: iOS bug sends iPhones into endless crash cycle when exposed to rogue Wi-Fi | Ars Technica

Posted on

Why Microsoft Won’t Abandon the Cloud Anytime Soon

Microsoft’s cloud revenue more than doubled yet againIf it appears that Microsoft has its head in the cloud these days, it’s because it does, and that’s where it will likely stay for a long time to come. There’s little incentive for Microsoft to change course at this point, as its commercial cloud revenue just grew 106 percent to $2.76 billion during the company’s third quarter of fiscal 2015. It’s the seventh quarter in a row that its commercial cloud revenue has doubled up.

Read on, source: Why Microsoft Won’t Abandon the Cloud Anytime Soon | Maximum PC