iTWire Thursday, 22 April 2021 11:06 Signal chief exposes poor security in Israeli firm Cellebrite s software Featured Pixabay
An Israeli company that makes software for breaking into mobile devices including iPhones, has been publicly shamed by cryptographer Moxie Marlinspike, the creator of the Signal messaging app, who exposed poor security in the software which the company uses.
But while
demolishing these so-called experts, Marlinspike, whose real name is Matthew Rosenfeld, showed that he had a quirky sense of humour, by claiming that he had gained access to the latest versions of Cellebrite s wares by noticing that they had fallen off a truck ahead of him while he was out on a walk!
but she ll turn 25 in october. that s a problem. lawacre says she was informed that miss america can t be older than 24 during her year-long tenure. 24 is too old. ain t that a mess? also, people are buzzing about the new deals on iphones, all part of an effort to get current users to upgrade their devices. wal-mart dropped its price of the iphone 5s and iphone 5c to $29. is that a typo? $99 and $29 respectively. that s down from $149 and $49. as we get close to the bottom of the hour, we re keeping an eye on what s happening in washington, d.c. and what s going to be happening to that man. you saw the picture. we ve been talking about this. the suspect in the 2012 benghazi attack on the consulate in benghazi. he is on u.s. soil, arrived here hours ago, and now expected to face a judge for an arraignment at any moment. we ll have the very latest. stay with us here.
iphone 5c with a two-year contract. amazon has 32 inch tvs for just $180. sears is offering 40% off sears appliances if you pay with your credit card. thousands of angry families are waiting for their gifts to arrive. u.p.s. is in full damage control mode as irate gift givers take to social media. we re covering both stories for you this morning. margaret conley is outside of macy s harold square in new york eyeing those deep discounts. nick valencia is eyeing the deep outrage. margaret, lots of people in the stores? reporter: carol, today is the day for deals and discounts. christmas sales were down about 3% compared to last year, but that hasn t stopped a lot of stores from extending their hours and offering more discounts. you mentioned a few of them. toys r us, they re open for 14 hours today. walmart, they re offering sales 25 to 50% off and jcpenney,
to business. we re expecting a light week of trading because of the holiday. investors are hoping to build on record closes for the dow and s&p 500. for other headlines let s go to cnbc s jeff live in london. jeff, don t you know it s christmas? all right. hey, good morning to you. i didn t know i had to dress up for the shot this morning. nobody told me. that s horrible. well, what s the business news? that s tough, isn t it? yeah. pathetic. there are great stories. chinese will be wondering if there s getting a new iphone for christmas. there s a deal apple has done with china mobile and the city folks are very excited about this because it gives apple access to the world s largest mobile phone market. the big question is, these are unsubsidized mobiles. it costs you over $500 to again an iphone 5c.
put on your hats, gloves and riot gear to find a sale, we can t let you go out there blindly. it s far, far too dangerous for that. we re lucky to have katie hill join us, consumer reporter for market watch. consider her your bodyguard for these big shopping days. i got to ask, you re the expert. would you be nuts enough to go out on a day like today to do your shopping? oh, absolutely. if i didn t think my mom would kill me, i would definitely be out shopping. there are some amazing deals right now. what are the best deals? sounds like electronics, there are some good bets? yeah. you re absolutely right. in general, for black friday and thanksgiving, it s electronics, the gadgets are the best deals. for instance, walmart has the ipad mini for $199. that s a pretty incredible deal. best buy has the samsung galaxy s-4 for nothing. literally with a two-year contract you can get that for nothing. my favorite one is walmart is offering the iphone 5c for $45