University and vendor researchers are congregating in San Diego this week at USENIX Security 14 to share the latest findings in security and privacy. Georgia Tech researchers claim weaknesses in the iTunes syncing process, device provisioning process and file storage could leave iPhones, iPads and other Apple products vulnerable to attack via botnets. Columbia University researchers introduce XRay, a tool designed to give web users more insight into which of their personal data is being used to target them with ads. Researchers from the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics examine typosquatting.”]
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