Google Chrome to start blocking downloads served via HTTP

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:59:34 +0000

Google has announced a timetable for phasing out insecure file downloads in the Chrome browser starting with desktop version 81 due next month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pLJD5xgjayo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google’s Password Manager now checks for breached credentials

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:56:21 +0000

Google has taken the next step in its strategy to secure users’ passwords. The search giant has taken a password-checking feature released in February as an extension to its Chrome browser and embedded it directly into its password manager service.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/htCIKPrCE8I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome cripples movie studio Mac Pros

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:54:59 +0000

A few days ago, movie editors started reporting that Mac Pros running Avid software were crashing throughout Hollywood.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BZ_Snk9ZWg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google experiments with DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:24:10 +0000

Following hot on Mozilla’s trail, Google officially announced its own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) experiment in Chrome this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MXZMT9v3Sj8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google experiments with DNS-over-HTTP in Chrome

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:24:10 +0000

Following hot on Mozilla’s trail, Google officially announced its own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) experiment in Chrome this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MXZMT9v3Sj8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google warns of system-controlling Chrome bug

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:34:24 +0000

Google is patching a serious bug in the desktop version of its Chrome browser that could let an attacker take over a computer simply by luring them to a website.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HwRH9qy2X3g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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