NCSC Warns Admins Not to Disable Updates to Keep Flash Alive in 2021

A dire warning came from UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), advising IT administrators not to disable the update mechanism to keep Adobe Flash past its end-of-life date, set for the end of 2020. It’s been a long time coming. Adobe Flash is fin… Continue reading NCSC Warns Admins Not to Disable Updates to Keep Flash Alive in 2021

Companies Can Build Accurate User Profiles from Online History, Mozilla Research Finds

Users are sometimes tracked online despite no-track options Online profiles are accurate most of the time Large companies can build online profiles with little available data Advertisers can quickly identify users from their online profiles by using da… Continue reading Companies Can Build Accurate User Profiles from Online History, Mozilla Research Finds

US Government Advises Everyone to Upgrade Google Chrome as Soon as Possible

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is advising companies, institutions and regular users to update their Google Chrome browsers to the latest version as soon as possible. Given the dominant position of Google Chrome in the I… Continue reading US Government Advises Everyone to Upgrade Google Chrome as Soon as Possible