The Basic Apple Guy (via 9To5Mac) created a series of colorful iPhone wallpapers based on the X-ray images from iFixit. These iPhone 13 Pro | Pro Max schematics are a fun way to let you know the details hiding underneath your display. “Ten different designs have been created: Black, Xray, Sunset, Slate, Neon Blue, M1, Card, Blueprint, Rainbow Bloom, & Rainbow . And as a special treat, I’ve also added three additional designs: 3021, R08135, & DF, which celebrate figures in the community I admire. I plan on creating other colour patterns to release over the next few months, with these 11 being the first of many to come.”
Andrew Orr
Since 2015 Andrew has been writing about Apple, privacy, security, and at one point even Android. You can find him most places online under the username @andrewornot.
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Explaining 'log4j' and Why it's a Serious Cybersecurity Threat
In early December a cybersecurity threat was discovered with the popular “log4j” utility. The Post has a good piece on the exploit, explained in non-jargon.
The fact that log4j is such a ubiquitous piece of software is what makes this such a big deal. Imagine if a common type of lock used by millions of people to keep their doors shut was suddenly discovered to be ineffective. Switching a single lock for a new one is easy, but finding all the millions of buildings that have that defective lock would take time and an immense amount of work.
Consortium Finalizes Digital Key Release 3.0 for Devices Like iPhone
The Car Connectivity Consortium has published its Digital Key Release 3.0 specification to enable keyless access to supported vehicles.
Wi-Fi Gateway From Airangel Affects Hundreds of Hotels
Security researcher Etizaz Mohsin says that the Airangel HSMX Gateway, used by many hotels to offer Wi-Fi to guests, contains hardcoded passwords that are easy to guess.
With those passwords, which we are not publishing, an attacker could remotely gain access to the gateway’s settings and databases, which store records about the guest’s using the Wi-Fi. With that access, an attacker could access and exfiltrate guest records, or reconfigure the gateway’s networking settings to unwittingly redirect guests to malicious webpages, he said.
iOS: Set a Category for Bluetooth Devices to Get the Best Experience
Apple released iOS 14.4 on Tuesday and one of the features involves Bluetooth device types that people can manually set.
iOS: How to Find and Use the iPhone Magnifying Glass
Yesterday we learned how to customize Control Center in iOS. Now we’re going back to the same area to use the iOS magnifying glass.
iOS: How to Delete Installed Apps From Your iPhone or iPad
You can delete installed apps by long pressing the app icon and tapping Delete. But there’s an alternative way in the App Store.
FAA Plans Flight Restrictions Over Potential 5G Interference
The Federal Aviation Administration seeks to impose certain restrictions for airlines over potential wireless interference from 5G.
Ledger Adds Polygon (MATIC) Support in Ledger Live
Owners of a Ledger cryptocurrency wallet can now manage, buy, and swap MATIC through the Ledger Live app. Polygon (MATIC) is a full-stack Ethereum scaling platform allowing fast transactions and low fees.
You can now create a MATIC account in your Ledger Live app, buy MATIC with our partners (MoonPay), swap them (1inch or Paraswap) and send them through your Ledger Live app, with no need for another wallet! It’s convenient and safe.
Dutch Authority Finds 10 Anti 5G Products That are Radioactive
In a fit of irony, the Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection (ANVS) issued a warning about radioactive “anti-5G” products.
How to Find and Copy File Paths in iOS Using the Files App
Using file paths in certain shortcut actions helps you automate your file workflows. But did you know you can copy file paths in iOS?
What's the Difference Between Pixelmator, Pixelmator Photo, and Pixelmator Pro?
Now that Pixelmator Photo was released for the iPhone, Andrew wanted to explain the differences between all three of the company’s apps.
iOS 15: How to Use Headphone Accommodations for AirPods
Headphone Accommodations is a new accessibility feature for supported AirPods and Beats headphones in iOS 14 to tune your audio.
'Dashlane' Password Manager Updates With New Menu, Quick Actions
Dashlane has updated its iOS app to help users save time. The way the Dashlane iOS app was structured, items in your vault, like passwords, personal and payment info, Secure Notes, and IDs, all required two taps to get to. Now, those key items are just a tap away thanks to the new horizontal menu sitting at the top of the main screen. Dashlane has added something they call “quick actions” to items. By tapping the three dots on the right hand side of each item listed in the user’s vault, it will bring up a mini-menu that will allow users to copy different parts of their credentials or personal data, share or delete the item, or open the corresponding website. Dashlane has moved the notifications to the bottom menu of the app, right next to the home button. Now, users can’t miss security alerts, sharing invites, or product updates.
Sennheiser Leak Exposed 55GB of Data for Thousands of Customers
Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered a cache of data from audio company Sennheiser. It appears to be from an old cloud account that’s been dormant since 2018. Over 28,000 Sennheiser customers were exposed, with sensitive private data leaked.
While it’s unclear how all this data was collected, it appears to be from customers and businesses requesting samples of Sennheiser products.
Examples of entries: Full names, Email addresses, Phone numbers, Home addresses, Names of companies requesting samples, Number of the requesting company’s employees
Here's What Coinbase and Intel Think About the 'Metaverse'
“The Metaverse” has been hyped in the news recently by companies such as Facebook/Meta. Brian Armstrong, CEO and cofounder of crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as Raja Koduri, Senior vice president and General manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group at Intel, both recently shared their thoughts.
From Mr. Koduri: “Truly persistent and immersive computing, at scale and accessible by billions of humans in real time, will require even more: a 1,000-times increase in computational efficiency from today’s state of the art.”
From Mr. Armstrong: “The Metaverse is the distant evolution of Web3. In its most complete form, it will be a series of decentralized, interconnected virtual worlds with a fully functioning economy where people can do just about anything they can do in the physical world.”
Apple Company 'Claris' Completes SOC 2 Type II and ISO Credentials
Claris completed its SOC 2 Type II audit and ISO credentials for FileMaker Cloud and its automation platform, Claris Connect.
How to Use the New 'Pixelmator Photo' App on iPhone
Pixelmator Photo was released for the iPhone on Thursday, and due to the smaller screen the UI is different than on the iPad.
Unstoppable Domains and Alchemy Launch API for Enterprise NFT Domains
On Thursday, Unstoppable Domains announced a partnership with Alchemy. The companies have launched an API for NFT domain name integrations.
'Pixelmator Photo' Launches for iPhone With 50% Off Introductory Deal
Previously only available for iPad, Pixelmator has released the Pixelmator Photo app on iPhone. It features over 30 desktop-class color adjustments, support for over 600 RAW image formats, including Apple ProRAW, deep integration with the Photos app and iCloud Photos, tools powered by groundbreaking machine learning technologies, and much more. It even includes the company’s ML Super Resolution tool, a way to scale up your images using AI. So far I haven’t seen any actions for Pixelmator Photo within Shortcuts. The price says that the deal is US$3.99, but it downloaded for free on my iPhone because I already had Pixelmator.
SiriusXM Platinum VIP Plan Offers 12 Months Free Apple Music
SiriusXM announced a special deal for new and existing subscribers to its Platinum VIP plan. Customers can activate free Apple Music.
US Logistics Company 'D.W. Morgan' Leaks Data Through Amazon S3
A report from Website Planet reveals D.W Morgan left an Amazon S3 bucket unprotected, resulting in the exposure of over 2.5 million files.
An Amazon S3 bucket owned by D.W. Morgan was left accessible without authorization controls in place, exposing sensitive data relating to shipments and the company’s clients.
As a market leader, D.W. Morgan provides services to some of the biggest companies in the world and there are major Fortune 500 organizations with data exposed on the open bucket.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Doesn't Believe Cryptos are Threat at This Time
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell briefly spoke about cryptocurrencies and doesn’t believe they represent a threat at this time.
Google's Project Zero Deep Dives into NSO Group 'FORCEDENTRY' Exploit
Google’s Project Zero security team published a deep dive into FORCEDENTRY, a zero-click exploit in iMessage used by NSO Group. Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) group collaborated on the analysis.
Based on our research and findings, we assess this to be one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we’ve ever seen, further demonstrating that the capabilities NSO provides rival those previously thought to be accessible to only a handful of nation states.
The vulnerability discussed in this blog post was fixed on September 13, 2021 in iOS 14.8 as CVE-2021-30860.