Google researchers reveal exploit that let hackers ‘own’ iPhones REMOTELY – but waited 6 months to tell the world

A lot of people are selecting Apple products because they believe that security is better with them. This seems to prove that it is not more secure. I would also add that anything that is centralized can’t be very secure.

>> “Ian Beer, a member of Google’s Project Zero hacking team, revealed on Monday that iPhones and other Apple devices could be remotely hijacked and turned into surveillance tools until May, when he said Apple patched the vulnerability. The hacker not only didn’t have to touch the device, but need not ever even see it.”

www.sott.net/article/445154-Google-researchers-reveal-exploit-that-let-hackers-own-iPhones-REMOTELY-but-waited-6-months-to-tell-the-world

Israeli Scientists discover new malware that tricks researchers into creating toxins, viruses

How can we trust anything that is produced today? This seems to reinforce suspicion about every product getting out to the consumer today.

>>> “The research suggests that, despite the belief that a criminal needs to be in physical contact with a dangerous substance to produce and deliver it, the malware could sneak into a bio-engineer’s computer and substitute a short sub-string in the DNA structure there so that a sequence could be unintentionally created, launching the production of a toxin.”

www.sott.net/article/445144-Israeli-Scientists-discover-new-malware-that-tricks-researchers-into-creating-toxins-viruses

65% of Traders on Paypal Ready to Use Bitcoin to Pay for Goods and Services: Survey

It is getting more and more popular every day.  I have a lot of hope in decentralized crypto-currencies.

>>> “According to a proprietary survey of 380 Paypal users by Mizuho Securities, 17% of the respondents said they have already traded bitcoin (BTC) via their Paypal accounts since the firm started offering crypto services in October.”

news.bitcoin.com/65-of-traders-on-paypal-ready-to-use-bitcoin-to-pay-for-goods-and-services-survey/