Here are your Apple Rumors for today:
Camera: Apple (AAPL) has filed a patent that gives a look at its possible dual-camera system, reports Mac Rumors. The system includes a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens. Both of these lenses could take photos or capture videos at the same time. Each of the camera lenses could also be used one at a time to adjust zoom and other aspects of the image on screen. Software included on devices would be able to merge photos taken by the two cameras together and zooming in on it wouldn’t diminish the quality of the photo.
Malware: The first bit of software infected with ransomware has made its way to Apple’s OS X, AppleInsider notes. This piece of software is Transmission 2.9 and the malware on it will connect to a remote server via Tor. Once it has done this, it starts encrypting certain types of files on the device it was installed on. It also goes after Time Machine backups. AAPL has already put a stop to the malware with its OS X XProtect tool. The developers of the infected software have also released a new version that isn’t affected by the malware.
Email: A new glitch is causing strange emails to be sent to some iOS users, reports 9to5Mac. This new glitch causes emails dated Jan. 1, 1970 to show up in users’ inbox. The emails don’t have a sender or subject and are completely devoid of any content. They also don’t cause any harm to devices, but can’t be deleted from the inbox. It’s unknown what exactly is causing the strange glitch, but it appears to occur when changing time zones. The emails can be removed from devices by resetting them after closing the email app.
