Google completes ban of extensions not in the Chrome Web Store
Google is slowly but surely working on preventing developers of malicious Chrome extensions from delivering their wares to users.First, in May 2014, they made it so that …
Mozilla pushes for full HTTPS use
Mozilla has announced they are planning to deprecate non-secure HTTP.“After a robust discussion on our community mailing list, Mozilla is committing to focus new …
Tor Browser 4.5. is out, with new security and privacy upgrades
The Tor Project has released version 4.5 of its popular Tor Browser, and this new version comes with a number of security and privacy improvements.Users can now use a Security …
Microsoft announces bug bounties for Spartan, Azure
As the official launch of Windows 10 approaches, Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty related to its Technical Preview version, and is asking bug hunters to analyze its new …
Google blocks Java plugin in new Chrome by default
Google has released Chrome 42 to the stable channel, and among the changes announced is one that will automatically block Oracle’s Java plugin and other plugins that use …
Firefox loses opportunistic encryption feature due to critical flaw
Less than a week after it made Firefox 37 available for download, Mozilla is pulling one of the security features it implemented. Mozilla is urging users to update again, to …
Google boots unwanted ad injector extensions from Chrome Web Store
Google is done with tolerating sneaky ad injectors and, following the results of a study they recently conducted, they removed from the Chrome Web Store 192 deceptive Chrome …
Firefox 37 enhances security
Mozilla has released Firefox 37.0. This update includes security fixes for four critical, two high, five moderate and one low impact vulnerability. Among the new and changed …
Windows vulnerable to FREAK attacks after all
Microsoft has released a security advisory on Thursday, confirming that all supported releases of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to the recently documented FREAK (Factoring …
Google ups efforts to protect users against unwanted software
Google is looking to minimize its users’ exposure to potentially unwanted software, and to that end they have announced a few changes. For one, Chrome users will now see …
Critical IE 11 bug can be used for effective phishing attacks
A hacker has discovered a universal Cross Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that affects Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 and 8.1, and which could allow attackers to execute …
Beware of emails pushing Google Chrome updates!
Google Chrome users are being actively targeted with a spam email campaign impersonating the Internet giant, urging them to download a newer version of the popular browser …