First arrest made on CRA Heartbleed hack that stole 1,000 Social Insurance Numbers

The RCMP has arrested suspected hacker Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes who's being accused of hacking the Canada Revenue Agency website and 1,000 Social Insurance Numbers using the Hearbleed explot. The 19-year-old man from London, Ontario had his computer seized as evidence. The CRA didn't react quickly enough to the Heartbleed hack, which resulted in the pilfering of the SINs. The breach caused a shutdown of the systems for online filing of taxes, effectively extending the April 30 deadline.

“The RCMP treated this breach of security as a high priority case and mobilized the necessary resources to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. Investigators from National Division, along with our counterparts in “O” Division have been working tirelessly over the last four days analyzing data, following leads, conducting interviews, obtaining and executing legal authorizations and liaising with our partners,” said Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud.

Source: RCMP

Google includes ‘Insert Photo’ button to mobile version of Gmail

Google wants to help make it easy for you to add photos while using Gmail on your phone with a new “Insert Photo” button. Gmail product manager Thijs van As said in a blog post this is meant to ease the sharing process a bit for mobile users. You can even resize images in Gmail. “When you click the button, you’ll instantly access all the photos that are backed up from your mobile devices starting with the most recent.”

However, it also forces users to use Auto Backup through Google+. This feature is meant to back up your photos and videos directly on the social network.

Google Glass update XE16 starts roll out, brings KitKat to the specs

Google is bringing KitKat to Glass in the form of a new update. Android Community reports XE16 update is being rolled out at the moment. The tech site says the first update will be XE 12.1 to prepare you for that update. It will need Glass to be plugged in for around 20 minutes. It comes with a new boot animation and groups multiple photos into a collage layout in a single card to make scanning easier. Voice commands are also re-sorted in order of how often they are used and Video Calls have been take out of the command list. Bluetooth 4.0 LE is also now supported and volume is set at 100% after the update. The site also reports some app crashes and sluggishness though.

iPad dashboard Morning gets iPhone version

If you’ve been needing a new dashboard app for your iPhone, Morning is making its way from the iPad into the smaller iOS device. This dashboard app works much like Google Now. It shows you the weather, your to-do list, RSS feed, and the like on one screen. It is a customizable wake-up screen for your phone that provides you with a sneak peek of what your day is going to be like. The app costs US$3 in the iTunes App Store.

Source: Lifehacker