Security Bits – 19 April 2019
…Why this black hole photo is such a big deal — www.loopinsight.com/… — xkcd.com/… Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image — www.bbc.com/… From Allison — twitter.com/……
…Why this black hole photo is such a big deal — www.loopinsight.com/… — xkcd.com/… Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image — www.bbc.com/… From Allison — twitter.com/……
…— www.imore.com/… Zoom says “we fell short” in explanation over banning of pro-Chinese democracy accounts — www.imore.com/… U.S. Lawmakers Ask Zoom About its Ties to China — www.macobserver.com/… WebAuthn: Google…
…www.macrumors.com/… High level Apple exec flies to Tucson to meet with 14-year-old who discovered FaceTime flaw — www.loopinsight.com/… Apple is compensating the 14-year-old who discovered major FaceTime security bug —…
…— www.intego.com/… (iOS) Parental Controls: The Ultimate Guide — www.imore.com/… How to back up your iCloud Photo Library — www.imore.com/… How to back up your iTunes library — www.imore.com/… Checksums…
…in Windows, two in Office) –http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx Quicktime Streaming vulnerability for Windows, can allow remote code execution. Reference: https://cert.belnet.be/belnetadvisories/quicktime-player-streaming-debug-error-logging-buffer-overflow and http://secunia.com/advisories/40729 Fix is to rename the Quicktime Streaming file to something…
…would think that might drive me mad by the end of the movie! Kids, just put it in the right ear! ::grin::” And finally Crazy Listener James had some comments…
…cups to fit your ear canal. In addition, they have a little flange thingy that you connect to the ear bud that’s supposed to hold it into your ear by…
…(METRIC PLS) 3D modeler TinkerCAD – my recommendation for beginners www.tinkercad.com/… FreeCAD www.freecadweb.org/… OpenSCAD www.openscad.org/… Fusion 360 www.autodesk.com/… Blender www.blender.org/… Or if you’re not yet ready to do 3D design,…
…arstechnica.com/… What Is A VPN, And How Can It Help You? – www.macobserver.com/… 5 Things to Consider when Evaluating a VPN for Privacy – www.macobserver.com/… Important Security Updates Apple release…
…Adobe patch Reader, Acrobat, Flash & Shockwave – http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/adobe-issues-security-updates-to-address-critical-vulnerabilities/ Adobe patch Flash again –http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html Interesting Links: Sun announce full Mac support for Java 7.6 – more details at their big…