Collaborate Disseminate
For most, 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The year that everything shut down, jobs were lost and social distancing became the ‘new normal.’ Unfortunately, it was also the year that, as Forbes put it, “bro… Continue reading Can Web Security Tools Prevent Data Breaches?
The aim is to block the browser from reaching the small number of sites that cling to HTTP, closing security risks. Continue reading Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections
A month after shipping version 73 of its Firefox browser, Mozilla has released version 74 with a range of privacy and security enhancements. Continue reading Firefox 74 offers privacy and security updates
Evidence is emerging that a change made to Chrome 80 might have disrupted the popular data and user profile stealing malware AZORult. Continue reading Chrome 80 encryption change blocks AZORult password stealer
If you use the Firefox web browser, here’s an important update that you need to be aware of.
Starting today, Mozilla is activating the DNS-over-HTTPS security feature by default for all Firefox users in the U.S. by automatically changing their DNS ser… Continue reading Firefox enables DNS-over-HTTPS by default (with Cloudflare) for all U.S. users
Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising. Continue reading Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-off
Google removed 500 malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store after they found to inject malicious ads and siphon off user browsing data to servers under the control of attackers.
These extensions were part of a malvertising and ad-fraud campaign … Continue reading 500 Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Private Data of 1.7 Million Users
Google has announced a timetable for phasing out insecure file downloads in the Chrome browser starting with desktop version 81 due next month. Continue reading Google Chrome to start blocking downloads served via HTTP
If your Firefox or Chrome browser has any of the below-listed four extensions offered by Avast and its subsidiary AVG installed, you should disable or remove them as soon as possible.
Avast Online Security
AVG Online Security
Avast SafePrice
AVG Safe… Continue reading Avast and AVG Browser Extensions Spying On Chrome and Firefox Users
Mozilla, in partnership with Facebook, Cloudflare, and other IETF community members, has announced technical specifications for a new cryptographic protocol called “Delegated Credentials for TLS.”
Delegated Credentials for TLS is a new simplified way … Continue reading Explained: How New ‘Delegated Credentials’ Boosts TLS Protocol Security