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Apple iOS 7.0.2 Fixes Lock-Screen Bug
2013-09-26 21:35:41| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Apple today released an update to its iOS 7 operating system that fixes a bug that allowed hackers to bypass a user's lock screen.
iOS 7 lock-screen bypass allows access to photos, contacts, social networking
2013-09-20 18:04:19| InfoWorld: Top News
Settle into your seats for the Return of the Lock-Screen Bypass, Part XVII: The iOS 7-ing. Once again, someone's figured out a way to access data from your iPhone or iPad without entering your lock code. (You do have a lock code, don't you?) As for what makes this time different from all other times, it's the first instance of a bug of this type in Apple's newest OS.
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Android lock-screen bypass highlights mobile risk
2013-07-03 16:03:30| InfoWorld: Top News
A Skype bug that enables an attacker to bypass the lock screen on several Android mobile devices demonstrates once again the need for additional security to protect corporate data against such flaws, experts say. "Pulser," the developer administrator for XDA-Developers Forum, reported the bug in Skype version 3.2.0.6673, which was released on Monday. Skype is installed on more than 100 million Android devices worldwide, says Microsoft, which acquired the messaging platform in 2011.
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Temporary fixes released for Samsung Android lock-screen glitch
2013-03-22 12:52:03| InfoWorld: Top News
Two security vendors have released temporary fixes for a flaw in some Samsung Android phones that could allow an attacker to bypass a locked screen. The problem comes from Samsung's implementation of the emergency call feature, which allows people to dial emergency services or reveals a contact people can dial if they find someone's phone, said David Richardson, a product manager at Lookout Mobile Security.
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Samsung Smartwatch; Adobe CTO Joins Apple; iOS 6.1.3 Fixes Lock-Screen Glitch
2013-03-20 19:36:51| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Topping tech headlines on Tuesday, Samsung is hard at work on a smartwatch that could rival Apple's rumored device, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company this week to join Apple, and Apple has fixed a lock-screen glitch.
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