Both Microsoft and Google have postponed a change that would have forced better application security by shutting down an insecure access protocol called Basic Authentication.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Sextortion emails and porn scams are back – don’t let them scare you!
There is no video and the whole thing is a scam to prey on your fears.
Fleeceware on your iPhone? Don’t get caught out while penned up at home
The app’s free. But the subscription most certainly isn’t!
S2 Ep34: Can you trust hackers on how not to get hacked? – Naked Security Podcast
Sophos experts discuss the biggest cybersecurity stories of the last week.
Facebook’s new Tuned chat app lets couples keep their mush private
If you’re OK with Facebook getting your phone number and storing your love notes, photos, shared daily diary and more, then Tune away, baes.
Google removes Android VPN with ‘critical vulnerability’ from Play Store
Google has removed the SuperVPN program from the Google Play store after researchers notified it of a critical vulnerability.
Slack in the security spotlight – lessons for collaboration servers
Interested in WFH collaration tools right now? Lots of people are – so here’s a history lesson to learn from…
Update Firefox again – more RCEs and an Android “takeover” bug too
Hot on the heels of Firefox’s emergency update over the weekend are the four-weekly fixes that Mozilla had in train already. Get ’em now!
Microsoft project proposed to aid Linux IoT code integrity
Imagine a computer user from 2010 dreaming of a world in which Microsoft is not only an enthusiastic proponent of open source software but actively contributes to it with its own ideas. The time is now.
As if the world couldn’t get any weirder, this AI toilet scans your anus to identify you
It’s what the researchers call “A mountable toilet system for personalized health monitoring via the analysis of excreta.”