Explained: user agent

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:18:41 +0000

This post explains the pros and cons of using user agents when browsing the world wide web. What does it reveal and why?

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Flash Player is Dead, Long Live Flash Player!

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:17:05 +0000

Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. But don’t break out the bubbly just yet: Adobe says Flash won’t be put down officially until 2020.

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New Bill Seeks Basic IoT Security Standards

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:32:47 +0000

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s purchase and use of a broad range of Internet-connected devices, including computers, routers and security cameras. The legislation, which also seeks to remedy some widely-perceived shortcomings in existing cybercrime law, was developed in direct response to a series of massive cyber attacks in 2016 that were fueled for the most part by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.

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