A message on IOS Security

Important message for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch users:
- Update your devices's software
- Don't open PDF's on your device unless you absolutely trust the author
- Be mindful of the web sites you visit

Apple IOS contains some pretty serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious code crafted into a PDF's as well as web pages. The exact extent of the of the damage made possible by these holes is not widely known, but I have a read that devices can be jailbroken through the browser and have witnessed first hand an attacker taking full remote control of an iPad running IOS 4.3.3.

The latest updates try to patch these holes, but others are often quickly discovered. Stay on top of updates and be smart.

Note the article below is not the latest software update, but has relevance to this type of attack.

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1358

Radiation Rising

NHK just announced that radiation levels around the Fukushima facility has reached dangerous levels. People living within 20~30 kilometers have been asked to stay indoors and follow radiation exposure safety precautions.

They have also said that Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Ibaraki have all detected higher than normal radiation levels in the air. They say it is not immediately dangerous to humans, citing that it is around the same level as found during the cold war when the radiation levels rose in Japan due to US and USSR nuclear weapons test, which did not pose immediate harm at the time.