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Testosterone Therapy May Lower Heart Attack Risk in Older Men

April 4, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Heart, In, Lower, May, Men, Older, Risk, Testosterone, Therapy

Older men with clogged arteries who took testosterone therapy seemed to have a lower risk of heart attacks than men who did not take the hormone, a study suggested on Sunday. Testosterone is currently considered risky to the heart, and the US Food and Drug Administration mandated last year that manufacturers of all approved testosterone products add labels to describe these dangers, which include heart attack and stroke. The methods of the study were observational – one of the weakest kinds of scientific research – but its authors said the…

iOS MDM Protocol Vulnerability Exposes iPhone, iPad to Attack: Report

April 4, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Exposes, iOS, iPad, iPhone, MDM, Protocol, Report, to, Vulnerability

Another vulnerability has been found in iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system. The mobile device management (MDM) interface for iOS, according to security researchers, can be exploited to gain complete access to the device. Apple insists that it’s not a vulnerability, but a social-engineering trick. Security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies claim that an approach dubbed “SideStepper” can allow an attacker to hijack enterprise management functions by sending a malicious link to the device. According to the researchers, clicking on that link will give attackers full control of the MDM…