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Microsoft Corp. today issued updates to plug at least 974 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, by far its biggest single patch batch ever. Microsoft says artificial intelligence is helping to speed the discovery of vulnerabilities, but security experts warn that many organizations already are struggling to prioritize the more human-intensive endeavor of testing and deploying so many fixes each month.
Read MoreThe consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violated a New Jersey privacy law that provides for hefty fines against data brokers that publish personal information on state law enforcement officials. In the face of repeated stonewalling and prevarication by attorneys for Radaris, the judge in the case ordered that radaris.com and more than a dozen other data broker domains be transferred to the plaintiffs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 14:36:23 +0000
May’s Patch Tuesday includes one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and some other interesting ones.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:36:45 +0000
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| We look at a scam targeting YouTubers, via an entirely fictitious sponsorship and promotional deal for OperaGX Categories: Social engineering Tags: operaoperagxphishphishingscamyoutube |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:44:54 +0000
We explain how not to drown in the stream of annoying browser push notifications — or even kiss them goodbye.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:59:17 +0000
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| Hyperlink auditing is not a new way to track website users, but it could become more popular, as many browsers are taking away user options to disable it. Categories: Tags: browserschromedisable trackingEdgefirefoxHMTLHTML5hyperlink auditinglinkoperapingsafaritracktrackingurl |
The post Hyperlink auditing: where has my option to disable it gone? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:03:05 +0000
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| Whoever invented browser push notifications must have been able to guess they would be abused for advertising. This post explains what they are and how to disable them. Categories: Tags: Androidapiappsbrowser alertchromeChrome ExtensionEdgeEdge browserfirefoxmacnotificationsoperaopera browserpushsafariSafari browserwebwindows |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:34:38 +0000
Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity.
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