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Submission + - Apple announces a trade-in program for 3rd party chargers 1

Submitted by EliSowash
EliSowash writes: In response to recent reports of safety concerns around 3rd party chargers for iDevices, Apple announced today that beginning August 16, 2013, you can trade in your 3rd party adapter and purchase an official Apple charger at a “special price” — $10 USD.

From their website: “To qualify, you must turn in at least one USB power adapter and bring your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to an Apple Retail Store or participating Apple Authorized Service Provider for serial number validation. The special pricing on Apple USB power adapters is limited to one adapter for each iPhone, iPad, and iPod you own and is valid until October 18, 2013.”

Comment Re:Okay, I have to ask (Score 1) 11

by EliSowash (#41139535) Attached to: Voyage to the ATX Hackerspace in Austin, Texas (Video)
Bow ties are cool. Explain any cult following, really. Dr. Wholigans are just a bunch of like-minded weirdos who have a penchant for time traveling aliens with two hearts and funny blue boxes. It's not a great sci-fi series, the awful special effects are sort of an inside joke with the audience, but it's lovable in its own ways.
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Submission + - New State-Sponsered Malware "Gauss" making the rounds (wired.com)

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EliSowash
EliSowash writes: "A newly uncovered espionage tool, apparently designed by the same people behind the state-sponsored Flame malware that infiltrated machines in Iran, has been found infecting systems in other countries in the Middle East, according to Kaspersky researchers. Gauss is a nation state sponsored banking Trojan which carries a warhead of unknown designation. Besides stealing various kinds of data from infected Windows machines, it also includes an unknown, encrypted payload which is activated on certain specific system configurations. Just like Duqu was based on the “Tilded” platform on which Stuxnet was developed, Gauss is based on the “Flame” platform."
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Submission + - New version of the MaControl trojan spotted in the wild (sans.edu)

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EliSowash
EliSowash writes: "A new version of the MaControl malware has been reported in the wild. More information on the malware, its behaviour, and the attack campaign is available from Kaspersky Labs, who discovered this variant. As more malware authors become motivated to attack OS X it is likely that we will continue to see targeted attacks such as this in the future. Just like with PC malware, a combination of exploits and social engineering tricks are generally the most effective; it won’t be surprising to see a spike in such attacks soon.

MaControl has been mentioned before on Slashdot"

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