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Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

January 28, 2020 0 Comments Apple Safari, browser extensions, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google Chrome, malicious extensions, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:38:31 +0000

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous – add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NvbQrtROsLI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key

January 17, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, Android, Apple, authentication keys, bluetooth, Google, Google Chrome, iOS, iPhone, iPhones, Mobile, secure enclave, secure enclave processor, sep, SIM hijacking, sim jacking, sim swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swaps, smart lock

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:19 +0000

Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E-1ND1RZhgg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two years

January 16, 2020 0 Comments chrome, cookies, fingerprinting, Google, Google Chrome, Privacy, privacy sandbox, Tracking, Web Browsers, web tracking

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:20:59 +0000

Google doesn’t want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. It has promised to make them obsolete later, though. Wait – what?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Wd6Jr8cQUKg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome 79 include anti-phishing e protezione da password compromessa

January 2, 2020 0 Comments autenticazione, Google Chrome, password, Per gli utenti

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:33:06 +0000

La versione 79 di Chrome è disponibile e promette di fare un lavoro migliore per proteggerti dai siti di phishing e dagli attacchi di auto-riempimento delle credenziali<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/itq55kktBxk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (December 23 – 29)

December 30, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, Google Chrome, online privacy, online privacy law, online privacy legislation, passwords, roomba, Ryuk ransomware, totok, us coast guard, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:55:11 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from December 23 – 29, including a retrospective look at trends in online privacy legislation in the US.

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A week in security

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Chrome 79 patched after Android WebView app chaos

December 19, 2019 0 Comments Android, android webview, Bug, chrome, chrome 79, chromium, data loss, Google, Google Chrome, Operating Systems, Patch, security threats, Web Browsers, webview

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:01:28 +0000

Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gdacxbn3fBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers

December 17, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijacking, chrome, firefox, firefox extension, Google, Google Chrome, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, rogue extensions, two-factor authentication, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:57:53 +0000

Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I5Jz7uFWAdM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome 79 includes anti-phishing and hacked password protection

December 12, 2019 0 Comments anti-phishing, chrome, Cryptography, encryption, Google, Google Chrome, password checkup, password protection, password security, passwords, phishing, Privacy, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:03:59 +0000

Version 79 of Chrome is out, and it promises to do a better job of protecting you against phishing sites and credential stuffing attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kPx8Ii–vqQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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DNS-over-HTTPS is coming to Windows 10

November 21, 2019 0 Comments anti-surveillance, chrome, Cloudflare DNS, dns over tls, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, isps, Microsoft, mozilla firefox, Privacy, Web Browsers, Windows, Windows 10

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:22:43 +0000

Microsoft will soon add the ability to use DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS into its networking client.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KwCTrsw95Kk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

November 6, 2019 0 Comments broadband, Browsers, browsing activity, browsing history, chrome, congress, dns, dns encryption, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, domain name services, domain name system, firefox, Google Chrome, https, isps, Law & order, lobbyists, Mozilla, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>