IMP Live 237 – Ripoffium




International Mac Podcast show

Summary: Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) / RSS (http://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) / iOS Podcasts App (pcast://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) This week's panel are Bart Busschots and Stu Helm Thanks for your continued support of IMP, we hope you enjoy the show! We’d love to hear from you so send your email / audio clips to haveyoursay@impodcast.com (mailto:haveyoursay@impodcast.com). You can also join us live over at http://impodcast.com/live (http://impodcast.com/live) where you can chat with fellow listeners and the panel during the show, watch our Twitter (http://twitter.com/impodcast) stream for show days and times. Don’t forget you can support us when you check out ScreenCasts Online (http://www.screencastsonline.com/scoaffiliates/jrox.php?id=378_1_bid_7), become a member for a fresh tutorial every week from the fantastic Don McAllister. This week’s show notes, including links to the panel's picks and all the stories we cover can be found after the break. Show Notes Security Update * Evernote have a bad week * Evernote 5.2 bug causes crashes on launch for many people (including me) - thankfully uninstalling and re-installing fixes the problem, though loses you all un-synced notes - via Culst of Mac (http://www.cultofmac.com/217999/evernote-5-2-for-ios-crashes-on-startup-but-theres-a-fix-psa/) * After hack - Evernote push out new apps and force password update for all users - via Evernote Blog (http://evernote.com/corp/news/password_reset.php) * Two more Java Zero-day exploits, it really is time to get Java out of your browser - via ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-investigating-after-two-more-java-7-zero-day-flaws-found-7000011965/) & Krebs on Security (http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/new-java-0-day-attack-echoes-bit9-breach/) * Adobe push out emergency Flash update to tackle zero-day exploit - via Adobe Security Advisory (http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html) * Apple add old versions of Flash to OS X's XProtect block list - via Intego Mac Security Blog (http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/old-adobe-flash-versions-now-also-blocked-by-xprotect/) * New cross-platform Minecraft password trojan discovered - via Intego Mac Security Blog (http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/intego-discovers-a-new-multi-platform-minecraft-password-stealer/) Apple News * Having won the injunction preventing the shareholder vote, Einhorn drops his now moot suit against Apple - via All things D (http://allthingsd.com/20130301/einhorns-greenlight-drops-apple-suit/) * Apple hold Shareholder meeting - not much happens (as expected) - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/no-firework-at-tame-aapl-shareholder-meeting) * Labour union protests outside meeting over a security company Apple use - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/labor-union-protests-at-aapl-shareholder-meeting) * Apple joins many other US corporations in Supreme Court filing in favour of gay marriage - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-backs-gay-marriage-filing-with-supreme-court) * Apple retains it's rank as Fortune's most admired company for another year - via CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/2013/snapshots/670.html) Mac News * A bad week for iCloud: * iCloud suffers 7+ hour outage - via ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/02/outages-result-in-gray-skies-for-icloud-users/) * Apple caught silently filtering email on iCloud - emails silently dropped in the name of spam filtering, so quarantine, no spam folder, just an email black hole - via ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/02/icloud-e-mail-censorship-thanks-to-overzealous-spam-filtering/) iOS Ecosystem * Analysts go off on one again drawing unreasonable conclusions from one questionable data point - this time it's about iPad mini -v- iPad sales - via Robert Tuxedo's Blog