Security: Adobe and Apple Fail/Fare Badly

• In spectacular fail, Adobe security team posts private PGP key on blog

  Having some transparency about security problems with software is great, but Adobe's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) took that transparency a little too far today when a member of the team posted the PGP keys for PSIRT's e-mail account—both the public and the private keys. The keys have since been taken down, and a new public key has been posted in its stead.

• Hackers Using iCloud's Find My iPhone Feature to Remotely Lock Macs and Demand Ransom Payments

  Over the last day or two, several Mac users appear to have been locked out of their machines after hackers signed into their iCloud accounts and initiated a remote lock using Find My iPhone.  With access to an iCloud user's username and password, Find My iPhone on iCloud.com can be used to "lock" a Mac with a passcode even with two-factor authentication turned on, and that's what's going on here.

Games: Open Source Puzzle Games and SDL 2.0.6 Release

• Improve Your Mental Mettle with These Open Source Puzzle Games

  The puzzle genre often tests problem-solving skills enhancing both analytical and critical thinking skills. Word completion, pattern recognition, logical reasoning, persistence, and sequence solving are some of the skills often required to prosper here. Some games offer unlimited time or attempts to solve a puzzle, others present time-limited exercises which increase the difficulty of the puzzle. Most puzzle games are basic in graphics but are very addictive.

• SDL 2.0.6 Released With Vulkan Helpers, DRM/KMS Driver

  SDL 2.0.6 was released on Friday as the latest feature update for this widely-used library that allows for more cross-platform portability of applications and games centered around input, audio, and video helpers.

BeagleBone Announces the Open Source PocketBeagle USB-Key-Fob SBC

• BeagleBone Announces the Open Source PocketBeagle USB-Key-Fob SBC

  You've probably heard of BeagleBones and the Beagleboard Foundation by now (check out that link if you're not familiar with them). They make open source SBCs and have an online community much like the Raspberry Pi Foundation. While Beaglebones don't have as large of a community or market share as Raspberry Pi, their boards are still quite popular because they tend to be more application-focused than Raspberry Pis. For example, there's the general-purpose Beaglebone Black, the sensor-oriented Beaglebone Green, and the Beaglebone Blue for robotics applications.

• What is PocketBeagle?

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