The security hole has been fixed. Nice quick turnaround.
Security
Be safe Android users; Actually, I don’t give a shit
F-Secure:
> Android malware has been strengthening its position in the mobile threat scene. Every quarter, malware authors bring forth new threat families and variants to lure more victims and to update on the existing ones. In the fourth quarter alone, 96 new families and variants of Android threats were discovered, which almost doubles the number recorded in the previous quarter.
Android accounts for 79 percent of the security threats for mobile platforms. iOS barely registers in the results, despite the fact there are hundreds of millions of users. F-Secure [published a PDF](http://www.f-secure.com/static/doc/labs_global/Research/Mobile%20Threat%20Report%20Q4%202012.pdf) with all of the results.
Good luck Android users.
Another iOS 6 lock screen flaw found
> The difference between the first exploit and this one is how it can make the iPhone screen go black, allowing an attacker to plug the device into a computer via USB and access the user’s data without having their PIN or passcode credentials.
I don’t know how they find this stuff, but Apple has to get this fixed.
Microsoft hacked
> The world’s largest software company said the security intrusion was “similar” to recent ones reported by Apple Inc (NSQ:AAPL) and Facebook Inc (FB.O).
Apple comments on hacker attack
Apple on Tuesday admitted to being the victim of a hacker attack by the same people that went after Facebook last week. Apple said it is taking steps to help it’s customers, including releasing an updated Java malware removal tool. […]