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	Podcast:		5by5 Master Video Feed
	Episode:		64: In The Meantime, Burn Them
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:18:04
	Publish Date:		2013-07-25 12:15:00
	Description:		Jim and Dan discuss the recent Apple security exploit, whitehat hacking in general, Apple's Quarterly Results, and more. Links for this episode: Lady Goes Crazy at an Apple Store New Nexus 7 up for pre-order at Best Buy with Android 4.3 and $229.99 starting price \| The Verge Ibrahim Balic on what he did, why he feels reponsible for Developer Center downtime, and what he's heard back from Apple since \| iMore.com Apple - Press Info - Apple Reports Third Quarter Results Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 third quarter ended June 29, 2013. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.3 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $35 billion and net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.9 percent compared to 42.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 57 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Apple’s Growth Rocket Has Hit A Wall. What Will Get It Started Again? \| TechCrunch Apple comments on developer site hack The only thing that the hacker could have gotten access to was the names, email addresses and mailing addresses of the developers. At this point, Apple doesn’t know if the hacker even managed to see that information. Worst case, that is all the information they would have seen, according to Apple. Security researcher claims to have reported bugs shortly before Apple took down its developer portal \| iMore.com In the post, Balic explains that he uncovered 13 bugs while researching Apple's security, and reported them all through Apple's bug reporting site, bugreport.apple.com. One of those bugs allowed him access to developers' user names, email addresses, and possibly other personal information. According to Balic, Apple's developer site went down just a few hours after submitting the last bug report. He has still not been contacted by Apple, but appears frustrated that the incident is being treated as a security threat, asserting that he intended no harm and reported bugs to Apple as they were discovered. Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers \| TechCrunch 4 hours later from my final report Apple developer portal gas closed down and you know it still is. I have emailed and asked if I am putting them in any difficulty so that I can give a break to my research. I have not gotten any respond to this... I have been waiting since then for them to contact me, and today I'm reading news saying that they have been attacked and hacked. In some of the media news I watch/read that whether legal authorities were involved in its investigation of the hack. I'm not feeling very happy with what I read and a bit irritated, as I did not done this research to harm or damage. I didn't attempt to publish or have not shared this situation with anybody else. My aim was to report bugs and collect the datas for the porpoise of seeing how deep I can go within this scope. I have over 100.000 users details and Apple is informed about this. I didn't attempt to get the datas first and report then, instead I have reported first. EA reveals its biggest games seller is now Apple \| News \| TechRadar Electronic Arts' big push into mobile has paid off according to its recent financial results, with Apple revealed as its biggest games retailer. 8-year olds the worst culprits as freemium games cost parents £30m \| News \| TechRadar British parents are forking out an average of £34 as a result of accidental in-app purchases made by children using their smartphones and tablets, research from Microsoft has claimed. Sponsored by Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME7 for 30% off), HostGator (use code DANSENTME for 30% off), and Squarespace (use code DANSENTME7 for 10% off).
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