Google Chrome 104 packs in 27 security fixes
Confession: After about a month of using the trendy new Vivaldi browser, I returned to Chrome on my desktop, chastened and humbled. It all would have been fine if it hadn’t been […]
Tag: Security
Security guru sends spammers to a hilarious password purgatory
Whether it’s John Wick or The Count of Monte Cristo, we all love a good revenge story. Right now, my current favorite is a wholesome nerdy tale told by Troy Hunt. You […]
Uber hacked: 3 vital security lessons to learn
Ridesharing service Uber admitted to a breach of its internal network late last week, with the hacker purportedly gaining access to Uber’s source code, email, and other systems like Slack. The company […]
Windows 11’s core isolation security feature is now on by default
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 feature update, the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2), turns on the operating system’s core isolation memory integrity protection by default. This change in Windows 11’s security policy trades […]
The 1 major security feature every new PC should have enabled
Cue the scene: The holiday gifts are unwrapped. You’re crowing happily about a new laptop or desktop PC. You boot the PC for the first time, and Windows asks you to create […]
PowerSchool’s simple security error was avoidable. You can do better
Last year, a hacker infiltrated PowerSchool, a software company that offers cloud-based services to K-12 schools, then came back several months later to steal. The breach resulted in stolen personal data for […]
Microsoft enlists Security Copilot AI to combat hackers
There’s a long list of tools that AI has been applied to: AI art, AI chatbots, even AI assistants to control your home. Now, Microsoft is adding AI security to the list, […]
What is encryption? The backbone of computer security, explained
If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously […]
Navy red team exposes Teams security flaws
The Navy does a lot of stuff that, ostensibly, has nothing to do with ships and submarines. One of them is information security research and the latest batch shows how some recent […]
Google Chrome is now releasing security updates weekly
Beginning this week, Google will push security updates weekly to its Chrome browser—a further effort by the company to address “patch gap,” or the time between when an exploit becomes known and […]
