Microsoft announces bug bounties for Spartan, Azure
As the official launch of Windows 10 approaches, Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty related to its Technical Preview version, and is asking bug hunters to analyze its new …
Google blocks Java plugin in new Chrome by default
Google has released Chrome 42 to the stable channel, and among the changes announced is one that will automatically block Oracle’s Java plugin and other plugins that use …
Firefox loses opportunistic encryption feature due to critical flaw
Less than a week after it made Firefox 37 available for download, Mozilla is pulling one of the security features it implemented. Mozilla is urging users to update again, to …
Google boots unwanted ad injector extensions from Chrome Web Store
Google is done with tolerating sneaky ad injectors and, following the results of a study they recently conducted, they removed from the Chrome Web Store 192 deceptive Chrome …
Firefox 37 enhances security
Mozilla has released Firefox 37.0. This update includes security fixes for four critical, two high, five moderate and one low impact vulnerability. Among the new and changed …
Windows vulnerable to FREAK attacks after all
Microsoft has released a security advisory on Thursday, confirming that all supported releases of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to the recently documented FREAK (Factoring …
Google ups efforts to protect users against unwanted software
Google is looking to minimize its users’ exposure to potentially unwanted software, and to that end they have announced a few changes. For one, Chrome users will now see …
Critical IE 11 bug can be used for effective phishing attacks
A hacker has discovered a universal Cross Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that affects Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 and 8.1, and which could allow attackers to execute …
Beware of emails pushing Google Chrome updates!
Google Chrome users are being actively targeted with a spam email campaign impersonating the Internet giant, urging them to download a newer version of the popular browser …
Browser security warning redesigned with partial success
How to make users understand a browser’s SSL warning, and make them choose the link that will lead them away from a site that has been deemed unsafe for use? A group of …
One-click mobile fraud variant throws browser for a loop
Symantec researchers have recently encountered a new variant of the old one-click mobile fraud, which results in the users’ mobile browser being thrown in a loop and …
WhiteHat Aviator browser is not secure, says Google developer
Late last week WhiteHat Security open sourced Aviator, its Chromium-based browser that has been marketed as “the most secure browser online.” The browser offers …
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