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There's a gigantic flaw in Apple's new macOS High Sierra operating system that allows anyone who has physical access to a Mac to attain administrator access without even entering a password!

The bug is triggered by the authentication dialog box in Apple's OS, which prompts you for an administrator's username and password.

Just a week after Apple released its brand new iPhone X on November 3, a team of hackers has claimed to successfully hack Apple's Face ID facial recognition technology with a mask that costs less than $150.

Yes, Apple's "ultra-secure" Face ID security for the iPhone X is not as secure as the company claimed during its launch event in September this year.

Another way to circumvent the iPhone X’s Face ID security system has been discovered — but, don’t worry, it’s not going to be one that affects the overwhelming majority of users.

The Face ID “hacker” in question is the fifth-grade son of an iPhone X owner, who apparently looks close enough to his mom in appearance that the system recognizes them both as the same person.

Windows Movie Maker was discontinued in January of this year. A zombie imposter has risen to the top of the Google search results though. This is not a legitimate program and is actually fake software filled with spam ads.

Do not fall for this fake program!

Victims that download the fake Windows Movie Maker do get Microsoft's video editor, but are blocked from features like saving files unless they pay for the "full version.

Some people using the new iOS 11 have been encountering a strange issue where their predictive text.

It seems that some users are seeing “A[?]” as the first word that is recommended when using the default iOS keyboard, and so when the letter “I” is typed, it gets autocorrected to A[?].You can see the example below.

Turn off lockscreen notifications- Even if you have a strong password possible, your private data can be revealed by notifications on your lockscreen. This could be appointments, confirmation codes, financial data, etc. The less information that shows up on your screen the better your security will be.

How the hack works
Bad Rabbit is ransomware that spreads via a fake Flash update on compromised websites. If clicked it will run a program that can lock you out of your computer and files and it will ask you to pay them to unlock your computer.

Bad Rabbit is based on an exploit that was stolen from the NSA. Microsoft patched that particular exploit in March.