Collaborate Disseminate
When it appears in the next few weeks, the next version of Opera (“Reborn 3” or “R3”) for Windows, Mac and Linux will become the first mainstream desktop browser to integrate a cryptocurrency wallet. Continue reading Opera integrates a cryptocurrency wallet – is this Web 3.0?
Photography website 500px has become the latest site to admit suffering a serious data breach. Continue reading Photography site 500px resets 14.8 million passwords after data breach
Internet Explorer (IE) may have launched way back in 1995 but nearly a quarter of a century later it’s still creating work for Microsoft and Windows users. Continue reading Update now! Microsoft and Adobe’s February 2019 Patch Tuesday is here
Ever since Apple announced enhanced privacy protection for macOS Mojave 10.14 last September, a dedicated band of researchers has been poking away at it looking for security flaws. Here’s another. Continue reading Another flaw found in macOS Mojave’s privacy protection
Russia’s major ISPs plan to temporarily disconnect servers from the internet, effectively cutting the country off from the outside world. Continue reading Russian ISPs plan internet disconnection test for entire country
According to DARPA, air gapping computers and data is a security idea that has run its course and urgently needs to be replaced. Continue reading What comes after air gaps? DARPA asks world for ideas
For the second time in a year, illegal child abuse images have been spotted inside a blockchain. According to a post by web blockchain payments system Money Button, on 30 January its service was abused to place “illegal content” inside the Bitcoin Sato… Continue reading Child abuse imagery found in cryptocurrency blockchain
Google’s released a Chrome extension, Password Checkup, that’s designed to warn users when they enter a username and password the company has detected in a data breach. Continue reading Chrome extension warns users their login credentials have been breached
From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default. Continue reading Firefox 66 now blocks autoplaying audio by default
Half of the apps used to control a range of Internet of Things devices are insecure in a variety of ways, researchers found. Continue reading Half of IoT devices let down by vulnerable apps