Security researcher Axelle Apvrille recently published a paper about AdThief, a malware aimed at hijacking ad revenue from a reportedly 75,000 infected devices. First discovered in March 2014, and also known as "spad," the malware, which comes disguised as a Cydia Substrate extension, was found to replace the publisher ID of publishers with the one of the malware creator, effectively attributing all ad revenue to him.
Just three days after releasing its diversity report in which it was revealed that its employees are 55% of white and 70% male, Apple made an interesting move by adding five Vice Presidents to the Executive Profiles page on its website.
Of course, it could be the cynic in me believing that adding two women is just pure coincidence, but it's definitely a timely addition.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to remove recent and other email addresses from the recipient autofill field in the Apple Mail app on your iPhone or iPad.
Just three days after the release of Pangu 1.2.0, PanguTeam just released yet another update, this time for Windows users only. Pangu 1.2.1 fixes an issue where the Windows version of the utility would sometimes crash.
If you're a Windows user and were having problems, then Pangu 1.2.1 should fix it.If you haven't had any problems, then there is obviously no reason for you to do anything at this time...
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to remotely erase an iPhone or iPad that was lost or stolen to safeguard your personal data and privacy.
Learn how to rename your Mac to distinguish it from other computers on your network, in system menus and elsewhere in macOS.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to track your lost or stolen iPhone or iPad using Apple’s Find My service, play an alarm-like sound on it, see how far away it is, and get directions to it to help you recover it.
Learn how to automatically stop playing music, video or other media on your iPhone or iPad when a timer runs out, like before you usually fall asleep.
Having an Apple ID is a prerequisite to do just about anything related to Apple services. If you want to buy music on iTunes, download apps in the App Store, or use iCloud, you must have an Apple ID.
A few years ago, linking a credit card to an Apple account was mandatory. But Apple has changed its stance and has been letting users create an Apple ID without a credit card for a while now.
Whatever your reason might be to do so, we are going to show you how to create an Apple ID without a credit card...
Learn how to view hidden files and folders in Finder on your Mac using simple Terminal commands or a keyboard shortcut to access hidden system data.
Learn how to take window screenshots on your Mac without the drop shadow effect which creates distracting extra space and white borders, resulting in a cleaner look.
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