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Google gives Nexus 4 obvious design tweaks to keep it from falling off your desk

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The Nexus 4 is an attractive phone, but it’s got a pretty big design flaw: the glass back of the phone is exceptionally slippery and causes the phone to slide off of most surfaces you place it down on. This can lead to catastrophes su…


This TouchWiz ‘security flaw’ is so ridiculous it’s no wonder Samsung overlooked it

There is a new Samsung TouchWiz security scare being bandied about the internet today. In a video demonstration, a Galaxy Note 2 owner shows how a glitch gives anyone opening the phone’s emergency dialer access to the handset’s home screen…for less than a second. Yes, the video successfully demonstrates that an individual, with enough effort, [...]


Galaxy Note II security flaw lets intruders gain full device access

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Intruders can gain full access to a locked Galaxy Note II due to a bug in the device’s lockscreen, developer Terence Eden has discovered. A flaw in the emergency dialer allows intruders to interact with the device, and ultimately disa…


Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer sentenced to 41 months for exploiting AT&T iPad security flaw

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Security researcher Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer was today sentenced to 41 months in prison and immediately remanded to custody for his role in Goatse Security’s collection and disclosure of 114,000 AT&T iPad users’ emails in 2010. I…


Samsung phones suffer lock-screen security flaw [VIDEO]

It appears Samsung’s phones are a tad insecure. A new flaw has been uncovered by a user that puts the home-screen of a user’s locked device at risk. In case you don’t know, the pattern and password unlock screens on Samsung phones offer access to the emergency dialer. From there, you can access the user’s [...]


Apple releases iOS 6.1.2 to fix Exchange calendar bugs, but lockscreen vulnerability still exists

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Apple has just released iOS 6.1.2 to fix an Exchange calendar syncing bug that ramped up network usage and significantly affected battery life. The over-the-air update is available now. Apple admitted the flaw last week on its…


90 Seconds on The Verge: Tesla Model S, iPhone security flaw, and Orson Scott Card’s Superman

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Report: developers may get record of your name, location and email address each time you buy an app

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What would you say if you knew a developer had record of your full name, your general vicinity (like your city and province) and email address each time you purchased an app from them? That’s exactly what seems to be happening in the Google Play Store according to one developer. Developer Dan Nolan — a [...]


iPhone lockscreen can be bypassed with new iOS 6.1 trick

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A security flaw in Apple’s iOS 6.1 lets anyone bypass your iPhone password lock and access your phone app, view or modify contacts, check your voicemail, and look through your photos (by attempting to add a photo to a contact)…


Security camera recorders could be open to tampering because of common firmware flaw

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The DVR boxes used to manage recording from security cameras may not actually be so secure. A hacker at Console Cowboys found that the Ray Sharp platform used by many companies’ DVRs — the author lists Swann, KGuard Secu…