by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 iDraw now imports/exports Adobe Photoshop!
02 UGNN Malware Report for 1308-12
03 Cyber Security – Cyber Attacks becoming more wide spread
04 ICANN seems to be aligning with cyber crime
05 Apple Store gift card scam bypasses phishing for all-out malware
06 Toolbox for iWork Set
07 Rent Adobe Apps or Buy One that Does It All
08 Twenty five Best Free iPad Apps
09 InterConneX 1.0 for the iPad
10 Five tools for every iTunes user
11 Guardian Cam 3.0 for iOS
12 How to use Apple’s OS X’s Automator
13 APPLE Spoofs, Malware and UGNN Reports
14 Quotes: Back to School
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01 iDraw now imports/exports Adobe Photoshop!
iDraw now imports/exports Adobe Photoshop! One thing graphic designers and illustrators have seriously wanted for their iPad iDraw is a way to build images from Adobe products into iDraw. Now, this major update to the powerful Mac graphic design and illustration application.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/idraw_adobe/
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02 UGNN Malware Report for 1308-12
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cybercrime report With everything else that’s going on, we’re now seeing phishing and drive-by malware attacks heavily increasing. We have started posting some of our alerts as infographics, mainly to Facebook. If you are not a UGNet Facebook follower you probably should be:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
Here goes:
* Malware on Google Play attacks 25,000 Android devices
* Desktop Linux finally gets a piece of malware
* The New more Evasive ZeroAccess Variant
* Google Play store suffers from malware
* FBI Warns of Mac OS X Ransomware
* A View of Malware
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/malware_8/
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03 Cyber Security – Cyber Attacks becoming more wide spread
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cyber Security report
Cyber security is everyone’s business, no matter who you are – or what computer platform you use. Beware, keep a sharp eye, and be vigilant. Report after report is coming in about the expanding grip of cybercriminals on the Internet.
* Infosecurity – Senate Bill Orders NIST to Develop Cybersecurity Best
* Ground Zero Summit 2013: Asia’s largest Information Security
* Eight Scary Statistics About Remote Access and Cybersecurity
* How should you protect yourself from cyber surveillance?
* Three top US officials discuss cybersecurity in NYC
* A call to arms for the next gen of cybersecurity pros
* Cyber-Security Insurance Adoption Grows
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/cyber_security_8-2/
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04 ICANN, seems to be aligning with cyber crime
For years, UGNN has been advocating the reorganization or dismantling of ICANN. Nobody listens. For years we’ve predicted that ICANN will cause the eventual breakdown of the Web and ensuing cyberwars. Since the Clinton administration turned our Internet over to this band of internationals, the Internet has depreciated dramatically. Now, by taking the side of rogue registrars, ICANN seems to be aligning with cybercrime. How do we know? Read on.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/icann_pushes_back/
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05 Apple Store gift card scam bypasses phishing for all-out malware
We see a lot of scams and phishing attempts all the time, but a new one that was discovered by security research organization UGNN reveals a malware-infested e-mail campaign that tricks users into thinking that they have received a $200 Apple Store gift card, when in reality, it’s an attempt to install malware on Windows computers. (Get this graphic: http://bit.ly/1cFX0AE)
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/apple_gift_card_malware/
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06 Toolbox for iWork Set
Jumsoft has released the first batch of fresh designs for its new Toolbox for iWork collection. The update consists of eight new themes of data visualization elements and 10 sets of badges as well as extra slide sizes in the Layouts for Keynote designs. The editable designs are great for illustrating presentations, Web sites, text documents, and various other types of content.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/toolbox-for-iwork-set/
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07 Rent Adobe Apps or Buy One that Does It All
This article on Mac360 is written by Bambi Brannan. She starts off by saying: “My love affair with Adobe’s products is officially over. The beginning of the end occurred when Adobe decided to rent their apps by the month.”
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/rent-adobe-apps-or-buy-one-that-does-it-all/
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08 Twenty Five Best Free iPad Apps
This article on Mashable provides us with another list. This is about the iPad.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/25-best-ipad-apps/
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09 InterConneX 1.0 for the iPad
Econ Technologies has released the completely new InterConneX 1.0 for the iPad. InterConneX is a file management and file sharing app for the iPad. With InterConneX you can create a repository of files so that you can store and organize files and folders in one location on an iPad just like on a Mac. In addition to managing and storing files, InterConneX allows you to share your files and folders between other iPads running InterConneX and Macs running ChronoSync or ChronoAgent. Best of all, InterConneX is a free, no-ad app for the iPad.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/interconnex-1-0-for-the-ipad/
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10 five tools for every iTunes user
Jeff Seff has this article on the Macworld Web site. It provides a list of five tools to make iTunes work the way you want.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/5-tools-for-every-itunes-user/
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11 Guardian Cam 3.0 for iOS
MHTIS CO. has announced Guardian Cam 3.0 for iOS, an update to its utility app that, once activated, automatically captures a photo of anyone who touches the user’s iDevice. The app replaces the Home Screen with a dummy screen, and if it is touched, the front-facing camera captures a picture. Ideal for those with security and privacy concerns, the upgrade adds auto-flash in low light, an icon badge that displays the number of photos captured, and an optional audio alarm that cannot be shut off until it stops itself after one minute.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/guardian-cam-3-0-for-ios/
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12 How to use Apple’s OS X’s Automator
This article on the PC Magazine Web site gives instructions in writing your own software using Automator in OS X.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/automator/
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13 Apple Spoofs, Malware, and UGNN Reports
We were just a little disappointed when a number of people forwarded us the MCNN story about the “Apple Gift Card” and “Apple iTunes” malware phishing attacks– as if MCNN broke the story. If you go back to July, you’ll see we’ve been covering this since it first started. We post to Pinterest or Facebook, and follow up in the Web site.
http://www.ugnn.com/safenetting/ALERTS/july_phishing_attacks.jpg
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14 Quotes: Back to School
It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.
– Albert Einstein
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
– Alvin Toffle
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He’s been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he’s been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime member of TUMS, the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society.
Fred has been active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987, and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years. He founded the User Group Academy and the Appleseeds Foundation
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