Last Friday, a new tool was submitted to GitHub that could be used to hack certain iCloud accounts with simple and weak passwords. Known as iDict, it fools Apple into thinking it's an iPhone and uses a brute-force attack to determine a weak Apple ID password from a 500 word list. A bug in … [Read more...]
Can’t Send iMessages Or Make FaceTime Calls? iCloud Is officially Experiencing Problems
Apple's upcoming data centres could not come soon enough! It seems like every other week a mass iCloud outage happens that disrupts the sending of iMessages and also the ability to place FaceTime calls. Most of the time when these outages occur however, Apple's official iCloud status page never … [Read more...]
iCloud Allows You To SSH To Your Mac Over The Internet Using Back To My Mac [How To]
Back To My Mac is a service that had been included in Apple's computers as early back as Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. The service automates secure point-to-point connections between Mac computers, and became free when Apple switched the service from MobileMe to iCloud. You may not have realized it, but if … [Read more...]
WWDC 2011 Overview: iOS 5 – Notification Center, iMessage, Reminders, PC Free & More!
Apple held their annual WWDC 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco today. They've announced and introduced many revolutionary things, like OS X Lion, iOS 5, iCloud, and other iTunes products. iOS 5 is packed with over 200 new features! The 10 noteworthy ones are: Notification Center: … [Read more...]