av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 9, 2017 | Lästips
Apple distributors arrested in China for selling user data
SOME SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES that work with Apple may find some empty desks in their offices this week after reports revealed that Chinese authorities have made 22 arrests in relation to the sale of personal iPhone information for profit.The arrests come from the supply chain, specifically the parts of it that do not see anything wrong with taking a look at available customer databases, cherry picking them for saleable details and then selling them online. It is estimated that the scam made some 50 million Yuan, or £5.6m, for those involved.We have Google translated the official statement from the Chinese police, but it hasn’t done us many favours.”Cangnan police found in the investigation, there are Apple employees suspected of illegal access to Apple’s personal information associated with the phone, and a large number of online sales, the amount involved is huge. Immediately, Cangnan police to catch up with the source, destroy the platform, broken chain as the goal, to carry out detection work,” it says.”After investigation, the criminal gangs use Apple’s internal system platform, illegal inquiries Apple phone associated phone number, name, Apple ID and other information, and then the information to each 10-180 yuan price of the sale. At present, the case of 22 suspects have been taken to criminal detention and other coercive measures, the case is under further investigation.”
Källa: Apple distributors arrested in China for selling user data
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 8, 2017 | Lästips
Så mycket omsätter influencer marketing | Dagens Media
UPPDATERAD. Här är de första siffrorna någonsin som visar hur mycket som investeras i influencer marketing i Sverige. ”Det är mer än vad jag förväntade mig”, säger Madeleine Thor, vd på IRM till Dagens Media.För första gången har IRM kartlagt annonsörers investeringar i influencer marketing i Sverige. Siffrorna visar att en halv miljard kronor investerades inom området under 2016. Omsättning på en halv miljard kronor innebär en kraftig ökning jämfört med föregående år. Det är mer än vad jag förväntade mig, säger Madeleine Thor till Dagens Media och fortsätter: Det är en ökning med 40 procent från 2015 till 2016.Kartläggningen visar även att branschen växer snabbare än de digitala reklaminvesteringarna totalt, dessa ökade med drygt 20 procent under 2016 relativt 2015.När en dialog med branschen först inleddes så var många aktörer positiva till att en kartläggning av influencer marketing skulle göras.
Källa: Så mycket omsätter influencer marketing | Dagens Media
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 8, 2017 | Lästips
Alleged Russian hack reveals a deeply flawed election system – ABC News
Election officials have long contended that the highly decentralized, often ramshackle U.S. voting system is its own best defense against vote-rigging and sabotage . New evidence from a leaked intelligence report indicates that hasn’t deterred foreign adversaries from exploring ways to attack it anyway.The document, attributed to the U.S. National Security Agency, describes alleged attempts by Russian military intelligence to hack into local election systems the latest evidence of a broad and sophisticated foreign attack on the integrity of U.S. elections. It does not indicate whether actual vote-tampering occurred.The NSA report adds significant new detail to previous U.S. intelligence assessments that alleged Russia-backed hackers had compromised elements of America’s electoral machinery. It also suggests that attackers may also have been laying groundwork for future subversive activity.The U.S. elections system is a patchwork of more than 3,000 jurisdictions overseen by the states with almost no federal oversight or standards. The attack sketched out in the NSA document appears designed specifically to cope with that sprawl.
Källa: Alleged Russian hack reveals a deeply flawed election system – ABC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 8, 2017 | Lästips
Apples Designpriser för 2017
Apple har tillkännagivit 2017 års designpriser och bland pristagarna finns AirMail, Bear, och Kitchen.
Priserna är indelade i två klasser, spel och nyttoappar.
Apple Design Awards 2017 App Winners
AirMail 3 by Bloop
Bear by Shiny Frog di Matteo Rattotti e C. S.N.C.
Elk by Clean Shaven Apps Pte. Ltd.
Enlight by Lightricks Inc.
Kitchen Stories by AJNS New Media GmbH
Lake by Lake d.o.o
Things 3 by Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG
Apple Design Awards 2017 Game Winners
Blackbox by Ryan McLeod
Mushroom 11 by Untame
Old Mans Journey by Broken Rules
Severed by Drinkbox Studios
Splitter Critters by RAC7 Games
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av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 8, 2017 | Lästips
’Scam baiters’ get a kick out of conning the con artists – BBC News
Every year tens of thousands of people are conned by online scammers, but it is not only the authorities taking action: a network of tech-savvy volunteers is also working to expose them.”We waste scammers’ time, we waste their resources and we make them believe they are not as good as they think they are,” Jill – not her real name – explains to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme.She is part of a global network of so-called scam baiters, who spend their evenings trying to unearth online con artists by pretending to fall for their tricks.The ruses can range from emails saying the recipients have won the lottery, to ”long-lost relatives” who have left them an inheritance.”Scammers are always going to be there but if we can take them down a peg and take a victim away from them any time we can, then we are doing something good,” Jill adds.One of the main techniques, explains Wayne – a scam baiter who often works with Jill – is by leaking scammers’ details and their conversation scripts online.
Källa: ’Scam baiters’ get a kick out of conning the con artists – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 8, 2017 | Lästips
Britney Spears: Malware planted in singer’s Instagram page – BBC News
The comments section of Britney Spears’ Instagram account has been used by cyber-thieves to co-ordinate attacks.Security firm Eset found the gang controlled its malware, called Turla, by posting comments about images in the singer’s gallery.The comments looked like spam but once transformed by code in the virus, directed victims to other sites.Several other compromised websites were also being used to track victims and spread the malware.Digital detective workTurla has been active since 2014 and sought to catch out government workers, diplomats and other officials, said Eset researcher Jean-Ian Boutin. It is believed to be run by a hacker group working for the Russian state.Most often, he said, Turla’s handlers compromised websites that targets would be likely to visit.One compromised server asked visitors to install a booby-trapped extension for the Firefox web browser.
Källa: Britney Spears: Malware planted in singer’s Instagram page – BBC News
