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January 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: New focus on security and software development

January 8, 2021

2020 is in the rearview mirror and most of us can’t get away fast enough. It was a year unlike any other, but 2021 looks to be unique as well. The year started out with …

How to reduce the risk of third-party SaaS apps

December 3, 2020

Third-party SaaS apps (and extensions) can significantly extend the functionality and capabilities of an organization’s public cloud environment, but they can also …

Spin Technology adds new security features to its SpinOne for Google Workspace and Office 365

November 19, 2020

Spin Technology announced the next generation of SpinOne, an AI-powered ransomware and backup solution for Google Workspace and Office 365. In the last year alone, 51 percent …

Holiday gifts getting smarter, but creepier when it comes to privacy and security

November 12, 2020

A Hamilton Beach Smart Coffee Maker that could eavesdrop, an Amazon Halo fitness tracker that measures the tone of your voice, and a robot-building kit that puts your kid’s …

Encryption-based threats grow by 260% in 2020

November 11, 2020

New Zscaler threat research reveals the emerging techniques and impacted industries behind a 260-percent spike in attacks using encrypted channels to bypass legacy security …

Google fixes two actively exploited Chrome zero-days (CVE-2020-16009, CVE-2020-16010)

November 4, 2020

For the third time in two weeks, Google has patched Chrome zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild: CVE-2020-16009 is present in the desktop …

Google discloses actively exploited Windows zero-day (CVE-2020-17087)

November 2, 2020

Google researchers have made public a Windows kernel zero day vulnerability (CVE-2020-17087) that is being exploited in the wild in tandem with a Google Chrome flaw …

What is confidential computing? How can you use it?

October 20, 2020

What is confidential computing? Can it strengthen enterprise security? Nelly Porter, Senior Product Manager, Google Cloud and Sam Lugani, Lead Security PMM, Google Workspace …

Windstream Enterprise adds Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa to its SD-WAN solution

October 12, 2020

Windstream Enterprise (WE) has added new Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice command features to its SD-WAN solution, enabling network administrators to work more …

Chrome 86 delivers more security features for mobile users

October 7, 2020

Google has released Chrome 86 for desktop and mobile, which comes with several new and improved security features for mobile users, including: New password protections …

Google aims to improve security of browser engines, third-party Android devices and apps on Google Play

October 5, 2020

Google has announced two new security initiatives: one is aimed at helping bug hunters improve the security of various browsers’ JavaScript engines, the other at helping …

Google offers high-risk Chrome users additional scanning of risky files

September 18, 2020

Google is providing a new “risky files” scanning feature to Chrome users enrolled in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). About the Advanced Protection Program …