Just by receiving an e-mail, iOS users — even very savvy ones — could fall victim to a convincing, but fake login screen that would steal the username and password for their Apple accounts. Sou?ek’s tool wraps email messages in 20 lines of deceptive Web formatting that, when viewed on an iOS device, brings up a fake Apple ID login screen that looks perfectly real. Sou?ek rooted out the vulnerability
EU regulators’ investigations into the low tax arrangements of Apple , Starbucks and Amazon in some member states are at an advanced stage and decisions could be announced in the coming months, a senior European Commission official said on Thursday. The investigations centre on Luxembourg’s tax rulings for online retailer Amazon and carmaker Fiat Chrysler , as well as coffee chain Starbucks’ deal with the Netherlands and iPhone maker Apple’s
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo have grown rapidly over the last five years, taking in more than $1 billion in pledges for project creators. Sometimes it was the fault of honest errors, other times backers alleged creators had abused their funds. Today the FTC announced it has taken its first action against a fraudulent Kickstarter project, The Doom That Came to Atlantic City, a board game that raised $122,000 from 1,246 backers,
Apple on Monday unveiled OS X El Capitan, its next major update for Macs. The OS brings several performance improvements and new features to the desktop, and Mac users will be able to install it on MacBooks, iMacs and other OS X computers as soon as this summer when the first OS X 10.11 beta will be released. But what are the system requirements for running El Capitan? DON’T MISS:
Although it has been confirmed that Victoria Siegel, daughter of billionaire David Siegel, struggled with an addiction to prescription drugs prior to her death, her mother says that she was also a…
Apple’s WWDC brought us all sorts of new software, new features to unpack, new apps, and Drake. Always Drake. Never forget Drake. You cannot escape Drake, because there are too many Drakes. Drake. Peak Drake, even.
Proposed rates for health insurance premiums on “silver” plans to be sold on the Obamacare exchanges are up 5.8 percent from 2015 on average, according to a study of seven states and the District of Columbia by researchers at Avalere Health. It found a range from a decrease of 5.3 percent in Michigan to a 12 percent increase in Oregon. The analysis follows the U.S. government’s recent release of rate
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – Employees at Greece’s state television ERT hugged each other and cried on Thursday as the channel aired its first broadcast in two years, after it was shut down under one of the previous government’s most drastic austerity measures. Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is racing to reach a cash-for-reforms deal with the European Union and IMF, had called ERT’s closure “a great wound”
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While cesarean deliveries are often necessary to save lives and prevent injuries, being born by C-section may also leave babies vulnerable to chronic health problems such as asthma, diabetes and obesity, a new analysis suggests. Much of the research included in the study cannot prove these surgical deliveries cause medical issues later in life. “It’s a discussion that’s important to have in view of
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Men in war-torn Somalia suffer high rates of drug addiction, divorce and mental illness, researchers said, urging donors to do more to support men and strengthen families. “Men find themselves dispensable, with no meaningful role and no stake in the future,” said the World Bank-funded study, based on interviews with 400 men and 90 women living in Somalia and neighboring Kenya. “Men