Apple Daily: New Apple TV Rumors; Apple and Cisco; Jailbreakers Attacked by Malware

More "leaked" information about the next Apple TV came in over the weekend, and the latest rumors claim that the device will support Bluetooth gaming controllers. Elsewhere, Apple added Cisco to its growing list of enterprise partners, Apple Pay is now available on an entire university campus, and a quarter of a million iPhone jailbreakers found their iPhones affected by a particularly nasty strain of malware.

Next Apple TV Said to Support Bluetooth Game Controllers

Less than a week ahead of the expected announcement of the next-generation Apple TV, new rumors about the device continue to pour in, and they continue to make the device sound amazing in comparison to its current incarnation. The latest batch comes from insider sources who allegedly spoke with 9to5Mac, and they claim that the next Apple TV will support Bluetooth game controllers that closely resemble those for gaming consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — in other words, they'd be a lot like the MFi controllers currently available for iOS devices. As with those controllers, it's Ilikely that third-party manufacturers like Logitech will make the actual controllers.

That's cool and all, but the report also dispels some other exciting rumors, specifically the ones claiming that the next Apple TV would support the kind of motion controls you find on the Nintendo Wii. Instead, the sources claim, it'll just mimic the same tilting features you already find on the iPhone and iPad.

Other "leaked" information about the device came in from 9to5Mac earlier in the day, claiming that the device will cost somewhere between $149 and $199 and that it'll be available in October. In addition, the sources claim that Apple's long-awaited cable-cutting streaming TV service will come to both the third and fourth generations of the device, with the $69 third (and current) generation mainly being regarded as an entry-level device.

Apple and Cisco Announce Enterprise Partnership

Apple first made big headlines in the enterprise market when it announced its surprise partnership with IBM last year, and now the Cupertino company has teamed up with Cisco to create a "fast lane" for iOS business users. The press release announcing the partnership is light on details (as was an appearance by Tim Cook at Cisco's Global Sales Experience (GSX) today), but it notes, for instance, that switching between an iPhone and a desk phone should be seamless with the resulting optimized technology.

Source: Eric J. Bell

"iOS is the world's best mobile platform, and nearly every Fortune 500 and Global 500 company today has put iOS at the center of their mobile strategy," said Apple CEO Tim Cook in the press release. "iPhone and iPad have become essential tools for the modern workforce and are changing the way work gets done. Together with Cisco, we believe we can give businesses the tools to maximize the potential of iOS and help employees become even more productive using the devices they already love."

As partners, Apple and Cisco will reportedly work together to create "experiences" for "mobile, cloud, and premises-based collaboration tools such as Cisco Spark, Cisco Telepresence, and Cisco WebEx in order to deliver seamless team collaboration and reinvent the meeting experience."

Over 225,000 Jailbreakers Affected By New Malware Attack

If you've ever considered breaking away from Apple's "walled garden" and jailbreaking your iOS device, consider this: Today Palo Alto Networks and WeipTech revealed that malware known as KeyRaider has affected around 225,000 jailbroken iOS devices. That's a quarter of a million Apple IDs that the people responsible for KeyRaider have access to, and they're reportedly already using it to make fraudulent purchases off the App Store. Worse yet, the malware removes the ability to unlock an iPhone from the lock screen, and the culprits are sometimes using that feature to demand ransoms before the phone can be unlocked again.

Source: Palo Alto Networks

The bulk of the damage is in China, where users unassumingly downloaded affected apps through the jailbreaking tool Cydia, although Palo Alto notes that it has also affected some devices in the U.S. and the U.K. In addition to Apple IDs and passwords, KeyRaider also gains access to each affected device's unique GUID identifying code, its security certificates, its private keys for push notifications, and its App Store purchase history. Indeed, one of the ways jailbroken devices get affected is when the user download two jailbreak features that allow users to download apps from the App Store for free.

Apple Pay Now Available Throughout University of Oklahoma Campus

Apple Pay has been making steady inroads into retail establishments across the U.S. since its debut last year, but as of this week, it's also available throughout the entire University of Oklahoma campus. That means students can use it at any of the Norman, Oklahoma campus' 400 point-of-service locations, which include everything from restaurants to bookstores. It's the first time a university has so fully embraced Apple's mobile payment technology.

Source: Wikipedia

And it's apparently just the beginning. Back during Apple's earnings call for the third quarter last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed that more than 700 colleges and universities would start using the service. The University of Oklahoma was among the universities Cook specifically mentioned at the time, as was the University of Kentucky and Cook's own alma mater Auburn University.

As for the University of Oklahoma itself, it's certainly enthusiastic about the service's potential, as it released a meme-filled list today detailing why "having Apple Pay campus wide is so awesome."

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