Apr 03, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Session Hijacking Google on Tuesday said it’s piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against “some” Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make […]
Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly security update, addressing 61 different security flaws spanning its software, including two critical issues impacting Windows Hyper-V that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. Of the 61 vulnerabilities, two are rated Critical, 58 are rated Important, and one is […]
Microsoft’s scheduled Patch Tuesday security update for February includes fixes for two zero-day security vulnerabilities under active attack, plus 71 other flaws across a wide range of its products. In all, five of the vulnerabilities for which Microsoft issued a February patch were rated as critical, 66 as important, and two as moderate. The update […]
Feb 14, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and rated Moderate […]
The Linux Foundation on Tuesday announced the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance, a new initiative intended to drive the adoption of post-quantum cryptography and respond to the possible security risks introduced via quantum computing. The Linux Foundation announced the alliance alongside a number of partners, including Google, IBM, Amazon Web Services and Cisco. Although the technology is […]
Google said Tuesday that it is tracking at least 40 companies involved in the creation of spyware and other hacking tools that are sold to governments and deployed against “high risk” users, including journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents. The vendors — which have developed dozens of tools and tricks to break into phones, laptops, […]
Jan 17, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Tuesday released updates to fix four security issues in its Chrome browser, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-0519, concerns an out-of-bounds memory access in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, which can be weaponized by threat actors to trigger a crash. “By […]
Jan 17, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Tuesday released updates to fix four security issues in its Chrome browser, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-0519, concerns an out-of-bounds memory access in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, which can be weaponized by threat actors to trigger a crash. “By […]
A 22-year-old Frenchman was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in U.S. federal prison for his participation in the ShinyHunters hacking group. Sebastien Raoult, also known as “Sezyo Kaizen,” was extradited to the U.S. in January 2023 after his arrest in Morocco the year before. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and […]