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Google Project Zero white-hat hacker Ian Beer on Tuesday disclosed details of a now-patched critical "wormable" iOS bug that could have made it possible for a remote attacker to gain complete control of any device in the vicinity over Wi-Fi. The exploit makes it possible to "view all the photos, read all the email, copy all the private messages and monitor everything which happens on [the device] in real-time," said Beer in a lengthy blog post detailing his six-month-long efforts into building a proof-of-concept single-handedly. The flaw (tracked as CVE-2020-3843) was addressed by Apple in a series of security updates pushed as part of iOS 13.3.1 , macOS Catalina 10.15.3 and watchOS 5.3.7 earlier this year. "A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory," the iPhone maker noted in its advisory, adding the "memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation." The vulnerability stems

The Election commission has reversed the decision of the Returning Officer Terego electoral  district of nominating Parliamentary hopeful for Terego West Andua Martin Drani on grounds that his names "O" and "A" level  names he presented to EC for differ from his univerdity certificate as well as his ID. This comes after complain was launched by one voter identified ad Candia Emmanuel and after hearing the petition EC decided to to denominate Andua alongside Mr. Sam Egama another candidate for Terego west. Andua who acknowledged receipt of the reversed letter from the EC' Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon said he went to the EC twice in the month of November and all they told him was that  they would be called or get the ruling through the Returning Officer of Terego. "On the 28th of October, we separately received telephone calls from the EC at night notifying us that one Candia Emmanuel had petitioned against our nominations and that we were required

Uganda's Ambassador to Kenya who participated in NRM primaries and lost refuses to hand over office, warns newly appointed ambassador Hassan Ggaliwango not to set foot in Nairobi. "We have five other embassies without Ambassadors. He can go to China, Japan, Angola or Geneva. If they vetted him for Nairobi then that's byoya bya nswa.  He should not look at where I am because I'm not about to leave. Nairobi etandise okumpomera (Nairobi is becoming delicious for me)," Phibby Otaala said.

        Hon. Godfrey Macho (NRM, Busia Municipality) has said he narrowly survived death when security operatives shot and killed his army bodyguard, Ivan Kakayi, on Sunday, 15 November 2020 outside a church compound in Busia district. Macho told his peers during the Thursday, 19 November 2020 sitting that he suspected the shooters were after him because they accosted the passenger – his bodyguard, who had a few minutes prior, taken up his seat by the co-driver side after he had stepped out to attend a church service. The legislator identified the assailants as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Patrick Javuru and Corporal Chelogoi attached to Police’s Flying Squad Unit and Crime Intelligence respectively. “I was told by eyewitnesses that during the scuffle, ASP Javuru chased after Private Kakayi who had attempted to run away and shot at him to death,” Macho said. The MP says that in the days leading up to the incident, he was being trailed by two unknown men on a motorcycle and did n

Big Sur macOS Apps. Apple is facing the heat for a new feature in macOS Big Sur that allows many of its own apps to bypass firewalls and VPNs, thereby potentially allowing malware to exploit the same shortcoming to access sensitive data stored on users' systems and transmit them to remote servers. The issue was first spotted last month by a Twitter user named Maxwell in a beta version of the operating system. "Some Apple apps bypass some network extensions and VPN Apps," Maxwell tweeted. "Maps for example can directly access the internet bypassing any NEFilterDataProvider or NEAppProxyProviders you have running." But now that the iPhone maker has released the latest version of macOS to the public on November 12, the behavior has been left unchanged, prompting concerns from security researchers, who say the change is ripe for abuse. Of particular note is the possibility that the bypass can leave macOS systems open to attack, not to mention the inability t

#Episode_One . Unlike some politicians who decide to build mansions (sky crapers) Gorofa, establishing Business, etc, Hon Adiga Lawrence has pledged, if once elected as the MP for Maracha East Constituency from 2021 to 2026, he will construct a house for people of Maracha to sleep in when they travel to Kampala. This became one of his manifestos, after knowing there are many people (majority of them Youths) from WestNile region sleeping in boxes at Arua Park - Kampala due to financial hardship and no where to sleep. Stay tuned by subscribing here  as we shall continue to give more insights into the manifestos of Aspiring Candidates.

The battle has moved from the streets to the World Wide Web after Hackers put down the Uganda Police Force website. International hackers’ group Anonymous have chest thumped claiming that they put down the website because of the recent human rights violation by UPF. “Anonymous has taken down @PoliceUg’s website in response to recent violent government repression & killings. Anonymous calls for police to respect human lives & the freedom of peaceful assembly and protest,” a statement on their twitter page reads. Anonymous claim they are a group that: “Supports the weak against the powerful and stands for justice, Human rights, Autonomy & self-governance, Resistance against tyranny, A more humane society, Actions Not Nouns.” In a communication with Charles Twine, the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) spokesperson, he disclosed that it’s true their site was hacked but they redeemed it and they are still looking for the culprits. “We have been working clos