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iPad 2 swapped with modelling clay and sold in Vancouver Future Shop store

By , Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012
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Future Shop and Best Buy are investigating a scam where some iPad 2s purchased in its Vancouver stores turned out to be fake. It appears that scammers bought as many as ten iPad 2s and swapped them for modelling clay.

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Paypal for iPhone Wi-Fi exploit discovered, patched

By , Thursday, Nov 4, 2010
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It seems a security hole in Paypal’s iPhone app has been discovered that would allow hackers to access user’s Paypal username and passwords over Wi-Fi. The “man-in-the-middle attack” let’s the

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Scammers steal from PayPal accounts of iTunes users

By , Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010
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Yesterday reports were flying in that a “major security hole” in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal was being exploited. The problem turns out not to be a “major security hole”

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UPDATED: Apple comments on iTunes fraud – dev banned, change your password

By , Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010
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Apple has responded to that bizarre incident over the weekend involving a glut of Vietnamese, copyright-infringing book apps rocking to best-seller status on the backs of hacked iTunes accounts.

The

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UPDATED: iTunes accounts being hacked, used to cheat App Store?

By , Sunday, Jul 4, 2010
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It looks like there’s been a sharp rise in iTunes accounts being hacked. We don’t have any solid information on this yet, but when it comes to security TiPb believes

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Fraudulent “iTunes” Alert — Check Your Charges!

By , Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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There’s no technology that’s 100% safe from fraud or social engineering. Those are predators that walk the cyber landscape, and just like hunter gatherers had to watch out for saber-toothed

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Psst! Hey, You! iPhone Developer! Wanna Scam Some Apple Bucks?

By , Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009
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While in the old days, this would no doubt have come from Creep McShady in a trench coat around the corner of some noir-esque alley, now its online fraudsters who’ve

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MobileMe Scam Alert: Round 3

By , Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009
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September was the last time we saw some malicious attacks on MobileMe subscribers. Well the scammers are at it again, trying to take advantage of Apple’s MobileMe subscribers. A

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