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Apple 'not told' about UK's latest app plans

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June 19, 2020 2:30 PM  Image copyright PA Media Image caption Apple said it did not know about a proposed "hybrid" version of the contact-tracing app announced by Matt Hancock Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a "hybrid" version of the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app using tech it developed with Google. The firm took the unusual step of saying it was also unaware of an issue regarding distance-measuring, which was flagged by Health Secretary Matt Hancock in Thursday's daily briefing. Apple said it was "difficult to understand" the claims. Downing Street said the government had "worked closely with Apple and Google". In tests carried out in the UK, there were occasions when software tools developed by Apple and Google could not differentiate between a phone in a user's pocket 1m (3.3ft) away and a phone in a user's hand 3m (9.8ft) away. During the briefing, Mr Hancock said: "Measuring distance is clearly mission...

Twitter labels Trump tweet 'misleading media' for first time

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June 19, 2020 10:06 AM  Image copyright Twitter Image caption The president's tweet is now annotated with a warning about the edited video Twitter has labelled a video tweeted by US President Donald Trump as having "manipulated media" for the first time. The video shows a black child running away from a white child while playing, with a fake CNN caption. The caption reads: "Terrified toddler runs from racist baby", before the video accuses CNN of "fake news". Twitter's decision to place a large warning label on the video is the latest escalation in a row between Twitter and the president. In late May, Twitter added fact-checking verification notices to the president's tweets for the first time, following up two days later with hiding some tweets behind a warning. Mr Trump responded by signing an executive order that seeks to curb the long-standing legal protections of social media firms. Facebook removes Trump ad over 'Nazi hate symbol'...

Oracle E-Business Suite Flaws Let Hackers Hijack Business Operations

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    Home   Newsletter   Offers  June 16, 2020  Ravie Lakshmanan If your business operations and security of sensitive data rely on  Oracle's E-Business Suite (EBS) , make sure you recently updated and are running the latest available version of the software. In a report released by enterprise cybersecurity firm Onapsis and shared with The Hacker News, the firm today disclosed technical details for vulnerabilities it reported in Oracle's E-Business Suite (EBS), an integrated group of applications designed to automate CRM, ERP, and SCM operations for organizations. The two vulnerabilities, dubbed " BigDebIT " and rated a CVSS score of 9.9, were patched by Oracle in a  critical patch update  (CPU) pushed out earlier this January. But the company said an estimated 50 percent of Oracle EBS customers have not deployed the patches to date. The security flaws could be exploited by bad actors to target accounting tools such as General Ledger in a bid to steal...