News : Warning as hackers target Apple's iCloud.

[Anonymous]

Headline : Warning as hackers target Apple's iCloud.


Excerpt from the link "Cyber-thieves are exploiting the furore around iCloud by launching a phishing campaign that seeks to steal Apple IDs.

ICloud was at the centre of the stolen celebrity photo scandal last week as many of the images were grabbed by hackers that targeted the service.

Apple has responded by beefing up the security that notifies people when their iCloud account is accessed.

Attackers are now sending out bogus notification messages to trick people in to handing over login details."


My thoughts :

A heads up for iCloud users.


Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29124991

[Cleoriff]

Looks a bit coincidental to me...iPhone 6 released yesterday...and THIS in the news today?

[jonsie]

It comes as no surprise to be honest. Hackers will crack anything these days.

[anticpated]

Next they'll all be talking in Newspeak which ironically...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhwY07CxkM

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
My thoughts :

A heads up for iCloud users.


Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29124991

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Hmmm.  @Anonymous   Hadn't they better get their heads out of the clouds?  

(You do know I speak in jest, I hope.)

Gerry

[Anonymous]

Lol @Anonymous

[anticpated]

Just for the record, apple never created cloud computing. -;-)

[Anonymous]

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@anticpated wrote:
Just for the record, apple never created cloud computing. -;-)

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But I bet they wish they had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gerry

[Anonymous]

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@anticpated wrote:
Just for the record, apple never created cloud computing. -;-)

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True, but doesn't mean they can't secure their version of it properly!

And I'm sure it won't stop them claiming that they did!

This news story isn't about hackers but instead it's Phishers sending out emails. There's no hacking involved if someone gives you all their details!

[anticpated]

iOS is based on NeXTStep, a variant of Unix, it should be secure as the operating system was more or less built from the ground up. Lax security comes from people not setting secure enough passwords. Passwords should look like  tH1$ and not th1s. 

The problem with easy and convenient to use Apps, is they offer an easier gateway into applications for anybody with know how. Setting a regular expression rule to force users to set more complex passwords should be a big preventative measure.

This goes for any OS I reckon.