Collaborate Disseminate
When it comes to browser security, how important are the address bar icons and labels that tell users about a site’s security status? For Google at least, they matter a lot. Continue reading Chrome drops ‘secure’ label for HTTPS websites
It’s got a name, a logo and some very big numbers, but does it deserve its star billing? Continue reading ZipperDown catches 170,000 iOS apps with their pants down
Researchers have shown how attackers could trick voice assistants. Continue reading Alexa, Siri and Google can be tricked by commands you can’t hear
Researchers have discovered a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all desktop versions of Edward Snowden’s favourite security application, Signal. Continue reading Serious XSS vulnerability discovered in Signal
Not before time, Google is addressing the mess it’s made of Android updates Continue reading The next Android version’s killer feature? Security patches
Last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai used the company’s annual I/O event to demo an experimental new feature of Google Assistant: Duplex. Continue reading Is Google’s Duplex AI helpful or plain creepy?
Passwords aren’t dead, yet. Continue reading Firefox support for WebAuthn shows passwords the door
…And the Microsoft vulnerabilities include 0-days. Get the patches now! Continue reading Patch now! Microsoft and Adobe release critical security updates
It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a … Continue reading Could this be the end of password re-use?
How does it end for phishing attackers who get caught? In a case that’s been working its way through the British courts since last September, the unusual answer is in the first-class carriage of a train travelling between Wales and London. Continue reading The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot