Tag Archives: apps

TreeSize won’t renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

Making these available for download indefinitely and without restriction is something we consider a risk to our customers, particularly in business environments. There’s also the technical and organizational overhead of maintaining and supporting old versions and their associated keys indefinitely. Although TreeSize says this is a long-standing policy, the backlash highlights the disconnect between what… Read More: TreeSize won’t renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe »

Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

However, Notion urged users to export drafts and scheduled emails by September 21, since those won’t automatically carry over to an alternative app. Notion noted that users can also save their Notion Mail setups and “export your snippets and auto label instructions to use elsewhere.” “If you have auto label set up in Notion Mail,… Read More: Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI… »

Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

The maker of a phone app that is advertised as providing a stealthy means for monitoring all activities on an Android device spilled email addresses, plain-text passwords, and other sensitive data belonging to 62,000 users, a researcher discovered recently. A security flaw in the app, branded Catwatchful, allowed researcher Eric Daigle to download a trove… Read More: Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users »

3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent supply-chain attacks

Aurich Lawson reader comments 19 Vulnerabilities that went undetected for a decade left thousands of macOS and iOS apps susceptible to supply-chain attacks. Hackers could have added malicious code compromising the security of millions or billions of people who installed them, researchers said Monday. The vulnerabilities, which were fixed last October, resided in a “trunk”… Read More: 3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent… »

Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why

Photo Illustration by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 43 with No wonder Google is having trouble keeping up with policing its app store. Since Monday, researchers have reported that hundreds of Android apps and Chrome extensions with millions of installs from the company’s official marketplaces have included functions for snooping on user… Read More: Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place.… »

Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google Play

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 23 with 0 posters participating Share this story In the past year, a new term has arisen to describe an online scam raking in millions, if not billions, of dollars per year. It’s called “pig butchering,” and now even Apple is getting fooled into participating. Researchers from security… Read More: Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google… »

Lensa AI app causes a stir with sexy “Magic Avatar” images no one wanted

Enlarge / A selection of male and female “Magic Avatars” generated by the Lensa AI app, including a beard cannot be contained. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica reader comments 50 with 0 posters participating Share this story Over the past week, the smartphone app Lensa AI has become a popular topic on social media because… Read More: Lensa AI app causes a stir with sexy “Magic Avatar”… »

Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to developer server

Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 21 with 0 posters participating Share this story Google has removed two apps, one with more than 100,000 downloads, after receiving a report they were part of an illegal scheme that surreptitiously forwarded text messages that were used to create fraudulent accounts on third-party websites. The first… Read More: Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to… »