Only a couple of weeks after the initial iPhone Wi-Fi bug was found, the same security researcher Carl Schou has found another similar issue. Schou tweeted today that if an iPhone comes in range of a Wi-Fi network named ‘%secretclub%power’, then that iPhone will no longer be able to use […]
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Windows 10 Won’t Boot? Here are 7 Actionable Ways to Fix It
Like any other day, you sit back on your chair and hit the power button to get your PC started. To your dismay, however, you soon find that your Windows 10 won’t boot up, as it did during your last session. Although Microsoft has come far with constant improvement on […]
Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System
Images: Original BBSs/Jason Scott Pioneers of Cyberspace: Welcome screens from various computer bulletin-board systems show their operator’s wild creativity. For millions of people around the globe, the Internet is a simple fact of life. We take for granted the invisible network that enables us to communicate, navigate, investigate, flirt, shop, […]
Here are the best workplaces to grow your career
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Companies including Bank of America and Home Depot are among the best places to grow a career, according to a ranking prepared by professional networking site LinkedIn. The new ranking, released Tuesday, comes at a time when working professionals across the country continue to […]
Hearing reset on local hotel project
July 13, 2021 Mount Airy resident Otis M. “Bud” Oliver’s professional life was somewhat unusual due to encompassing both the judicial and legislative fields — serving as a judge and in city government — but he was recalled Tuesday as excelling at both. “He was just a good man,” former […]
iOS Bug Causes Specific Network Name to Disable Wi-Fi on iPhones
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A wireless network naming bug has been discovered in iOS that effectively disables an iPhone’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi. Security researcher Carl Schou found that after joining a Wi-Fi network with the name “%p%s%s%s%s%n” his iPhone’s Wi-Fi functionality was left “permanently disabled.” Changing a hotspot’s SSID did nothing to […]
Alert: Update to iOS 14.7 Now to Protect Against Dangerous Wi-Fi Bug
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iPhone users should upgrade to iOS 14.7 immediately to avoid a dangerous bug that disabled the device’s Wi-Fi, sometimes irreversibly. Before iOS 14.7, if a user connected to a Wi-Fi network with the name “%p%s%s%s%s%n,” a bug completely disabled the device’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi. According to user reports, […]
Turns Out That Low-Risk iOS Wi-Fi Naming Bug Can Hack iPhones Remotely
The Wi-Fi network name bug that was found to completely disable an iPhone’s networking functionality had remote code execution capabilities and was silently fixed by Apple earlier this year, according to new research. The denial-of-service vulnerability, which came to light last month, stemmed from the way iOS handled string formats […]
How to use a batch file to reset and renew a network connection in Windows 10
With a little planning and a small batch file, you can reset and renew a Windows 10 network connection without having to reboot your entire PC. Image: iStock/klmax In an era where much of the workforce operates from home or other remote places on a daily basis, establishing a reliable […]
Ransomware Attacks Targeting Unpatched EOL SonicWall SMA 100 VPN Appliances
Networking equipment maker SonicWall is alerting customers of an “imminent” ransomware campaign targeting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products running unpatched and end-of-life 8.x firmware. The warning comes more than a month after reports emerged that remote access vulnerabilities in SonicWall SRA 4600 […]