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On browsers and bugs

March 28, 2022 0 Comments Browsers, Security

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:27:00 -0700

We’re told that one of the best ways to stay secure is to make sure our computers are patched. But we need to always be aware that at any given time, there are several vulnerabilities probably known and in use by attackers. The good news is that the number of days between when a bug is identified and when it’s patched is slowly going down, according to the Google Project Zero. It tracks how long it’s taking vendors to patch bugs and found that “in 2021, vendors took an average of 52 days to fix security vulnerabilities reported from Project Zero. This is a significant acceleration from an average of about 80 days [three] years ago.”

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Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British Teen

March 26, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: New details emerge about Russian hacks and hackers as the US warns of potential new attacks.

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The Fragile Open Source Ecosystem Isn’t Ready for ‘Protestware’

March 26, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:35:03 +0000

A recent uptick in disruptions to open source software, including incidents aimed at objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine, have left the community on edge.

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How to boost cybersecurity defenses using your router

March 25, 2022 0 Comments networking, Security

Credit to Author: Paul Gillin| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:01:00 -0800

COVID-19 has made us all more aware of the need to protect our computers at home from online evil. But when was the last time you pointed your browser at your router? The little box that connects your PC and all the other devices in your home to the internet has an array security features that many people are unaware of.

After speaking to Derek Manky, chief of security insights and global threat alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, I logged into my Verizon FIOS router for the first time in years and discovered there were no less than 18 devices connected to it, including TVs, printers, thermostats and a half dozen Amazon Echoes. Each is a potential security vulnerability. “If you look at your home router, you’ll be surprised what you find there,” Manky said.

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Feds Allege Destructive Russian Hackers Targeted US Refineries

March 25, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:21:15 +0000

The Justice Department unsealed indictments against four alleged Russian hackers said to have targeted US energy infrastructure for nearly a decade.

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10 easy steps to make Chrome faster and more secure

March 24, 2022 0 Comments Browsers, chrome, productivity software, Security

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Gather ’round, kiddos — ’cause it’s time for a story.

Once upon a time, Chrome was a lean, mean browsing machine. It was the scrappy lightweight kid in a block filled with clunky old blobs of blubber. People had never seen a browser so fast, so thoughtfully constructed! It stripped everything down to the essentials and made the act of browsing the web both pleasant and secure — qualities that were anything but standard back in that prehistoric era.

Chrome was “minimalist in the extreme,” as The New York Times put it — with “extremely fast” page loads and a “snappy” user interface, in the words of Ars Technica. Its sandbox-centric setup and emphasis on supporting web-based applications made the program “the first true Web 2.0 browser,” as some other tech website opined.

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