Month: March 2019

Facebook stored your password in plain text for years – Change it NOW

CompuScoop Staff March 22, 2019 0

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned,” Brian Krebs reports for KrebsOnSecurity. “Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data.”

“Facebook is probing a series of security failures in which employees built applications that logged unencrypted password data for Facebook users and stored it in plain text on internal company servers,” Krebs reports. “That’s according to a senior Facebook employee who is familiar with the investigation and who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.”

“The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees,” Krebs reports. “Facebook has posted a statement about this incident…”

Read more in the full article here.

How to Reset AirPods

Dan Uff March 22, 2019 0

Apple's AirPods are great and work most of the time. But sometimes, you may have problems with the device dropping the single between the iPhone and AirPod.

Before taking them to the Genius Bar, try the below first - reset the device.

Here's how:

Put both AirPods back in to its case.
Turn the case over and look for the button that's shown in the above photo.
On the iPhone, select Settings > Bluetooth > Name of AirPods > Forget this device.
Now while still in the Bluetooth Screen, hold down the button until the iPhone "sees" the device.
Now it should be re-synced with the iPhone.
That's it.

If the above doesn't work, just repeat the steps

Microsoft bringing Windows Defender to the Mac – Renames it “Microsoft Defender”

CompuScoop Staff March 21, 2019 0

“Microsoft is bringing its Windows Defender anti-malware application to macOS— and more platforms in the future — as it expands the reach of its Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) platform,” Peter Bright reports for Ars Technica. “To reflect the new cross-platform nature, the suite is also being renamed to Microsoft Defender ATP, with the individual clients being labelled “for Mac” or “for Windows.””

“macOS malware is still something of a rarity, but it’s not completely unheard of. Ransomware for the platform was found in 2016, and in-the-wild outbreaks of other malicious software continue to be found,” Bright reports. “Apple has integrated some malware protection into macOS, but we’ve heard from developers on the platform that Mac users aren’t always very good at keeping their systems on the latest point release. This situation is particularly acute in corporate environments; while Windows has a range of tools to ensure that systems are kept up-to-date and alert administrators if they fall behind, a similar ecosystem hasn’t been developed for macOS.”

Bright reports, “One would hope that Defender for Mac will also trap Windowsmalware to prevent Mac users from spreading malware to their Windowscolleagues.”

Read more in the full article here.

IMovie and Final Cut Pro for Mac being updated to drop 32-Bit support

Dan Uff March 21, 2019 0

Apple on Thursday updated its two Mac video editing suites, Final Cut Pro and iMovie, with tools geared to ensure videos remain compatible as macOS drops all 32-bit app support.

The updates are available now.