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Popular ‘Path’ app revealed to secretly upload all iPhone contacts to its servers

BGR reports that “Path, the popular social network that competes with the likes of Instagram, may be uploading your iPhone’s entire address book up to its servers. Arun Thampi from mclov.in noticed the Path app’s steal data dump while trying to create a Mac OS X application for the social network during a hackathon.”  He noticed that his entire address book went as a plist to Path sans permission.  You might want to check out this article for more information.  Click here...

Symantec Admits Stolen Source Code Impacts pcAnywhere

SC Magazine reports that "Symantec is advising users of its pcAnywhere remote access product to disable the software if they don't absolutely need it." The warning comes with confirmation by Symantec that hackers, believed to be affiliated with the Anonymous hacktivist collective, accessed a portion of the company's source code dating back to 2006. The code was related to the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and pcAnywhere.

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