iPhone Loses the Smartphone Throne to Samsung Galaxy S III

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Apple’s iPhone is no longer king of the smartphones. At least not in the third quarter of 2012, when Samsung shipped a total of 18 million Galaxy S III handsets, Strategy Analytics reports.

By comparison, Apple shipped 16.2 million iPhone 4S handsets, falling to the #2 spot in the respective quarter.

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Windows 8 Critical Security Updates Announced

Windows 8 and Windows RT will receive the first batch of updates since their debut next week, as part of Microsoft’s “Patch Tuesday” schedule.

While Microsoft hasn’t yet released specific details about the glitches these updates are supposed to fix, the company will deliver a total of six separate patches, three of which will be aimed at 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 8. All three are marked as critical.


In addition, Windows RT, the operating system that was designed to be installed on tablets such as Microsoft’s Surface, will get two different updates, one flagged as critical and another one rated “important.”

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Hackers Use Malware to Steal Photos, Blackmail Users

Experts have identified an interesting piece of malware whose main goal is to steal all the picture files from an infected computer and upload them to a remote FTP server.

The picture files we store on our computers often hold valuable information. Whether it’s work-related stuff, documents containing personal information, or those pictures stored in hidden folders we hope no one will ever see, any of them could represent a highly valuable loot for cybercriminals.

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Google Search Exposes over 1 Million Facebook Accounts

A Hacker News member noticed that by performing a Google search for “inurl:bcode=[*]+n_m=[*] site:facebook.com,” links to the accounts of around 1.3 million Facebook users would show up. Some of the links could be utilized to gain access to the accounts in question without the need for a password.

The temporary links generated by Facebook expired as soon as you clicked on them and since many of them were already clicked at the time when the “hack technique” was identified, the accounts could not be accessed without the password.

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