Apple awards $2,88,500 to hackers who spot 55 bugs in its systems

A group of hackers has received 32 payments from Apple totaling $2,88,500 for discovering 55 vulnerabilities (11 critical) in the core systems as they hacked the tech giant for three months.

The critical bugs allowed the group to take control of core Apple infrastructure and "from there steal private emails, iCloud data, and other private information".

Apple promptly fixed the vulnerabilities. There were a total of 55 vulnerabilities discovered with 11 critical severity, 29 high severity, 13 medium severity and 2 low severity reports.

Source - Business Insider India

Apple iphone 12 series launched

- At its much-anticipated 'Hi, Speed' hardware event in Cupertino, Apple has taken the wraps off four new iPhones. Yeah, the iPhone lineup has today grown to four devices, including the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The new lineup is powered by the world's first 5nm A14 Bionic chipset, supports 5G, and brings a myriad of other minor upgrades. Source - Beboom

Google messages app - Update

- Google messages app to get message category for efficient SMS management A couple of days back, we saw a possible option in Google Messages to let users auto-delete OTPs after 24 hours. The latest development suggests that the company is focusing more on the app's functionality, as it is now testing message categories.

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- While most of us have made wearing face masks and washing hands part of our routines, we often forget to sanitize the gadgets we're using, primarily smartphones, and a new study shows we should seriously consider sanitizing our devices. Source - Beboom

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