Firefox’s Private Relay service tests anonymous email alias feature

Mozilla has announced that it is testing an experimental service called Firefox Private Relay that it thinks will offer an appealing solution to the issue of having to hand over your email address every time you want to set up any online account. Continue reading Firefox’s Private Relay service tests anonymous email alias feature

Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure

Academic researchers size up weaknesses in the the code-signing Public Key Infrastructure and highlight three types of flaws. Continue reading Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure

SmartScreen Spam Filter Support Being Removed from Outlook and Exchange

Microsoft says the service, which is different to SmartScreen that is part of Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Windows is no longer necessary with Exchange Online Protection (EOP). EOP is built into all version of Office 365, Outlook.com web bas… Continue reading SmartScreen Spam Filter Support Being Removed from Outlook and Exchange

MSRT April release features Bedep detection

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release this April will include detections for: Win32/Bedep – Trojan family Win32/Upatre – Trojan family Ransom:MSIL/Samas – Ransomware family In this blog, we’ll focus on the Bedep family of trojans.   The bothersome Bedep Win32/Bedep was first… Continue reading MSRT April release features Bedep detection