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Apple often promotes the App Store as a secure place to download apps. The company highlights strict reviews and a closed system as key protections for iPhone users. That reputation now faces serious questions.New research shows that thousands of iOS apps approved by Apple contain hidden security flaws. These flaws can expose user data, cloud storage and even payment systems. The issue is not malware; it's poor security practices baked directly into the app code.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you'll get instant access

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois fired back at Vice President JD Vance after he likened her sparring session with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about America's Venezuela policy to an argument between the fictional character Forrest Gump and Isaac Newton."Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton," Vance quipped in a Wednesday post on X.Duckworth responded, "Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs. Petty insults at the expense of people with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that a California policy allowing school districts to keep students' gender transition from their parents violates federal law.Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said a federal investigation found that California education officials "egregiously abused" their authority by pressuring school districts to withhold information about students’ gender transitions from their parents."Under Gavin Newsom’s failed leadership, school personnel have even bragged about facilitating ‘gender transitions,’ and shared strategies to target minors and conceal information about children from their own families," she said in a statement. "While the Biden Administration turned a blind eye to this

A driver was taken into custody on Wednesday night after police say the individual intentionally and repeatedly rammed a vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York City, damaging some of the Jewish site’s doors.NYPD and Chabad Lubavitch spokesperson Motti Seligson said there were no apparent injuries.The vehicle was inspected by the NYPD bomb squad, and no explosives were found. The driver shouted to bystanders that "it slipped" and said something to police about attempting to park.RABBI ATTACKED ON NYC STREET ON INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYNYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the crash was being investigated as a hate

The reports that former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick would not be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in August sparked strong reactions across the sports world.Belichick, who won two Super Bowl rings as an assistant before coaching the Patriots to six titles, fell short of the Hall of Fame’s 50-vote threshold. Long presumed a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Belichick’s omission raised questions about how the votes fell.Bill Polian, a former Indianapolis Colts general manager and Hall of Fame inductee, found himself at the center of much of the debate.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS

Pope Leo made an appeal for a world free from antisemitism, prejudice, oppression and persecution on Wednesday, before linking the message to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed the day before.Speaking at the conclusion of his weekly audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the pope recalled the Jan. 27 commemoration honoring the millions of Jews and others murdered.RABBI ATTACKED ON NYC STREET ON INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYPope Leo called it an "annual occasion of painful remembrance" and urged the international community to remain vigilant so that "the horror of genocide may never again be inflicted upon any people" and so

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s relationship with Bill Belichick may have deteriorated toward the end of the coach’s 23-year tenure, but the longtime owner is with the masses who feel he should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.Shock is an understatement for how the football world reacted to reports that Belichick didn’t get the necessary votes to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first try.Kraft was among those, saying Belichick "unequivocally" should be heading to Canton.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Whatever perceptions may exist about any personal differences between Bill and me, I strongly

Recently departed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee caught blowback Wednesday for demanding that Congress insert a provision in the upcoming spending bill to ban ICE agents from congregating near polls on Election Day.Critics ratioed Inslee online, saying he admitted Democrats’ long-held claim — to the contrary — that they do not want illegal immigrants voting or that illegal immigrants are not voting.Inslee, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, called the ban a "must have" and said it is the "last chance to do this."DEMS BLASTED FOR TRYING TO ‘DEPORT’ ICE FROM SWING COUNTY, REFERENCING ‘BLOOD MONEY’ RENT"In the midst of ICE horror,

A longtime television weatherman has died in a small plane crash in Idaho earlier this week.On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Roland Steadham, the chief meteorologist for CBS2, was named as one of the people who died in the two-person crash near Emmett, Idaho earlier that day, CBS affiliate KBOI announced."For the past decade, Roland Steadham guided people through storm after storm in Idaho," the station wrote. "He loved to study the weather and shared it with people across Idaho. Roland’s excitement for the weather was contagious."WELL-KNOWN TEXAS ATTORNEY'S WIFE AMONG VICTIMS OF DEADLY PRIVATE JET CRASH IN MAINEAccording to the Gem