security breach

Two 'security breach' stories August 2014 - November 2014

Home Depot blames security breach on Windows, senior executives given new MacBooks and iPhones

9to5 Staff Nov 9 2014 - 6:05 pm PT

Home Depot Windows

Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal published an in-depth look at The Home Depot’s recent security breach of its payment data systems, in which 56 million credit card accounts and 53 million email addresses of customers were compromised. A root cause of the security breach: a Windows vulnerability in the retailer’s main computer network.
Expand
Expanding
Close

Confirmed: Security breach is not reason for Gatekeeper app signing changes

Jordan Kahn Aug 19 2014 - 9:24 am PT

1 Comment

Mac-App-Store

Yesterday there were a few claims going around that Apple’s recent change to Gatekeeper app signing for developers was the result of a Dev Center security breach. TUAW reported yesterday on a few random tweets and others picked up the story. As you’d probably expect, we have some good news: It’s not true…
Expand
Expanding
Close