Google forces devs to reveal Chrome extensions’ data use, privacy practices
Starting January 2021, developers of Chrome extensions will have to certify their data use and privacy practices and provide information about the data collected by the …
The security consequences of massive change in how we work
Organizations underwent an unprecedented IT change this year amid a massive shift to remote work, accelerating adoption of cloud technology, Duo Security reveals. The security …
November 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Significant OS changes ahead
November Patch Tuesday and the end-of-year holidays are rapidly approaching. Microsoft gave us a late release or maybe an early gift depending upon how you look at the new …
Google fixes two actively exploited Chrome zero-days (CVE-2020-16009, CVE-2020-16010)
For the third time in two weeks, Google has patched Chrome zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild: CVE-2020-16009 is present in the desktop …
October 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Trick or treat?
It’s October and that means Halloween will be here at the end of the month. It won’t be much fun if we only get to ‘dress up’ and look at each other via video conference. But …
Chrome 86 delivers more security features for mobile users
Google has released Chrome 86 for desktop and mobile, which comes with several new and improved security features for mobile users, including: New password protections …
Google offers high-risk Chrome users additional scanning of risky files
Google is providing a new “risky files” scanning feature to Chrome users enrolled in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). About the Advanced Protection Program …
Chrome 86 will prominently warn about insecure forms on secure pages
Entering information into and submitting it through insecure online forms will come with very explicit warnings in the upcoming Chrome 86, Google has announced. The new alerts …
August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two vulnerabilities under attack
On this August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has plugged 120 flaws, two of which are being exploited in attacks in the wild Adobe has delivered security updates for Adobe …
How secure is your web browser?
NSS Labs released the results of its web browser security test after testing Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, for phishing protection and malware …
Chrome 83: Enhanced Safe Browsing, Secure DNS, a Safety Check
Google has released version 83 of it’s popular Chrome web browser, which includes new security and privacy features and fixes for security issues. Chrome 83: New and …
May 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Time for a break?
It’s been a hectic month for everyone worldwide, but we may get a small break in the action this patch Tuesday. The forecast for May is looking light on updates, which will be …
