“A number of Windows 7 and 8.1 users are encountering problems with Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender. Users are seeing their automatic anti-malware protection turned off without their knowledge and are seeing out-of-date virus definitions.”
Some Windows 7, 8.1 users reporting Security Essentials and Windows Defender problems
“A number of Windows 7 and 8.1 users are encountering problems with Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender. Users are seeing their automatic anti-malware protection turned off without their knowledge and are seeing out-of-date virus definitions.”
Google, Microsoft work together for a year to figure out new type of Windows flaw
“One of the more notable features of Google Project Zero’s (GPZ) security research has been its 90-day disclosure policy. In general, vendors are given 90 days to address issues found by GPZ, after which the flaws will be publicly disclosed.”
Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data
“Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites. The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e.”
Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data
“Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites. The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e.”
Performance of Iodine over DNS-over-HTTPS
“Iodine is a DNS-tunnel that can be used to send TCP traffic encapsulated in DNS queries. Sometimes, this helps to bypass captive portals or otherwise restricted networks. In this blogpost I’ll test the performance of using Iodine in combination with DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS).”
Google helps make the password obsolete w/ FIDO2 support on Android, rolling out now
“Android Now FIDO2 Certified, Accelerating Global Migration Beyond Passwords Mobile apps and websites can now leverage FIDO standards to provide a simpler and secure biometric login for users on over a billion devices supporting Android 7.0+ BARCELONA, Spain, Feb.”
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
“Chrome users, make sure you’ve got the very latest version. We’re not big Chrome fans – we’ve always thought that Firefox is better in both form and function, to be honest – but we have Chrome installed at the moment and can tell you that the version you want is 72.0.3626.”
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
“Chrome users, make sure you’ve got the very latest version. We’re not big Chrome fans – we’ve always thought that Firefox is better in both form and function, to be honest – but we have Chrome installed at the moment and can tell you that the version you want is 72.0.3626.”
ICANN: There is an ongoing and significant risk to DNS infrastructure
“The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization in charge of the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, has issued a foreboding warning on Friday about the dangers facing the DNS system.”