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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Mozilla plans bake its Lockwise password manager into Firefox 70, the upgrade now set to launch Oct. 22.

At the same time, the browser will also be more tightly integrated with Firefox Monitor, which will provide warnings to users when their saved passwords have been revealed by a data hack.

According to Firefox bug reports and project documentation, Lockwise will automatically record username-and-password pairs, generate complex passwords on demand, identify victimized accounts and instruct users to change any passwords that have leaked.

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ComputerWorld Independent

July 23, 2019 admin

9 steps to lock down corporate browsers

Credit to Author: Peter Wayner| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Everyone in the enterprise loves the web browser when it’s delivering news, email, documentation, and sales leads. With the shift to web apps, it’s arguably the most important installed software on any corporate desktop. But the internet is filled with people who aren’t nice — sometimes even dangerous — and the same browser can also bring viruses, rootkits, and worse. Even if the browser sits on a little-used desktop in a dusty corner with no access to sensitive information, an attacker can use the seemingly unimportant machine as a stepping stone.

Keeping your users’ browsers secure is essential. The browser companies work hard to block the attackers by sealing the back doors, side doors, and cracks in between, but that isn’t always enough. Some useful features have dark sides, and enterprises can increase security dramatically by shutting down or tightly limiting access to these options.

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Security Wired

July 22, 2019 admin

Robert Mueller’s Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Here’s what members of Congress should know before they question the former special counsel.

Security Wired

July 22, 2019 admin

Adware Is the Malware You Should Actually Be Worried About

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000

For all the attention on sophisticated nation-state attacks, the malware that’s most likely to hit your phone is much more mundane.

ComputerWorld Independent

July 22, 2019 admin

Slack tweaks desktop app to be faster, more efficient

Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:50:00 -0700

Slack has overhauled its desktop software, adding offline access and tweaking the software for faster load times.

Recent efforts to improve the desktop app were highlighted at Slack Frontiers last year and the coming update – which the company says will launch 33% faster than before – will be available to users “over the next few weeks.”

Calls made to team mates via the app should be a speedier too, up to 10 times quicker, Slack said. “That could mean the difference between showing up to a meeting on time or not,” the company said in a blog post Monday. “These moments saved can quickly add up, giving you more time to focus on the tasks at hand.”

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Security Wired

July 20, 2019 admin