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Facebook is testing a new feature that makes it easier to tell who’s messaging you and where from. When a contact sends you an unsolicited text, it will provide extra information such as whether it used an email or phone nu...
by Pradeep
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On Monday, Microsoft provided details on how they collaborated with ESET and Adobe security researchers to find and neutralize a double zero-day exploit before an attacker had a chance to use it. This particular exploit affected b...
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It’s rare to cover an update of an Android app that isn’t Microsoft, but this one strikes me as particularly interesting for Microsoft users. Google has issued an update to its Google Drive app that allows support for...
by Surur
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It took a while for the new generation of swipe-less Windows Hello USB fingerprint readers to hit the market, and a little while longer for them to hit impulse-buy prices, but you can now add Windows Hello support to your Windows ...
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A new Android vulnerability, RAMpage, has been discovered by security researchers this week. Here’s what it does: RAMpage breaks the most fundamental isolation between user applications and the operating system. While apps ...
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Microsoft, along with Facebook and Google have been dinged by Norwegian’s Consumer Council for using dark patterns to lure users into choosing options which are the least privacy-friendly. Dark patterns in web design are def...
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Twitter has announced new steps it’s taking to make its platform more hostile to bots and spammers. The social network has become notorious for allowing automated attacks to run amock, and there have been calls from many qua...
by Surur
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Often adding new parts to an operating system or application opens up the possibility of new bugs or exploits. Such appears to be the case with the modern Settings app in Windows 10, which comes along with a new file type which ap...
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This week, Mozilla is sharing some of its future plans to make browsers more secure. This time, the firm is tackling account security. Many people have multiple accounts online, I have email, Slack, Mspoweruser login, to name but ...
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Google is redesigning the Google Account page for them. This update will be rolling out to Android first, while iOS and Web users will get it later. With this revamped Google A count experience, the firm will be focusing on impro...
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With iOS 12, Apple is working on improving the iPhone’s security features. the firm is implementing a new feature known as USB Restricted phone. With USB restricted mode, your iPhone will reject USB connections via the light...
by Surur
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There is such a thing as being too helpful, especially when you are helping people with nefarious intent. So it is with Cortana on Windows 10, which security researchers have discovered is all too happy to run Powershell commands ...