HP issued a security advisory alerting users about a newly discovered vulnerability in HP Support Assistant, a software tool that comes pre-installed on all HP laptops and desktop computers, including the Omen sub-brand. [...]
The Fedora Project has announced that it will no longer permit Creative Commons 'No Rights Reserved' aka CC0-licensed code in its Linux distro or the Fedora Registry. [...]
The Fedora Project has announced that it will no longer permit Creative Commons 'No Rights Reserved' aka CC0-licensed code in its Linux distro or the Fedora Registry. [...]
The Matrix open network for decentralized communication has announced a record growth of 79% in the past 12 months, now counting more than 60 million users. [...]
The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, a major release that brings new features to help users fight censorship easier. [...]
Mozilla has announced the release of Thunderbird 102, one of the world's most popular open-source email clients with an estimated userbase of over 25 million. [...]
Mozilla Firefox 102 was released today with a new privacy feature that strips parameters from URLs that are used to track you around the web. [...]
7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. [...]
A growing number of Russian Chrome users on Android report getting errors when attempting to install the latest available update of the popular web browser. [...]
Security researchers have noticed an increase in the number of databases publicly exposed to the Internet, with 308,000 identified in 2021. The growth continued quarter over quarter, peaking in the first months of this year. [...]
Security researchers have noticed an increase in the number of databases publicly exposed to the Internet, with 308,000 identified in 2021. The growth continued quarter over quarter, peaking in the first months of this year. [...]
A new study shows that pressing the mute button on popular video conferencing apps (VCA) may not actually work like you think it should, with apps still listening in on your microphone. [...]
Mozilla has released Firefox 97.0.2, Firefox ESR 91.6.1, Firefox for Android 97.3.0, and Focus 97.3.0 to fix two critical zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in attacks. [...]
Google is testing a new Chrome feature that allows users to add notes on passwords saved in the web browser. [...]
SolarWinds has patched a Serv-U vulnerability discovered by Microsoft that threat actors actively used to propagate Log4j attacks to internal devices on a network. [...]
The Swiss army has banned foreign instant-messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp and requires army members to use the locally-developed Threema messaging app instead. [...]
Hackers used a cloud video hosting service to perform a supply chain attack on over one hundred real estate sites that injected malicious scripts to steal information inputted in website forms. [...]
The Opera browser team is working on a new clipboard monitoring and protection system called Paste Protection, which aims to prevent content hijacking and snooping. [...]
The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 11.0 with a new user interface design and the removal of support for V2 onion services. [...]
A critical Discourse remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-41163 was fixed via an urgent update by the developer on Friday [...]
Brave Browser has replaced Google with its own no-tracking privacy-centric Brave Search as the default search engine for new users in five regions. [...]
Microsoft has released a Linux version of the very popular Sysmon system monitoring utility for Windows, allowing Linux administrators to monitor devices for malicious activity. [...]
The PyPI repository has removed a Python package called 'mitmproxy2' that was an identical copy of the official "mitmproxy" library, but with an "artificially introduced" code execution vulnerability. The 'mitmproxy' Python package is a free and open-source interactive HTTPS proxy [...]
LibreOffice and OpenOffice have pushed updates to address a vulnerability that makes it possible for an attacker to manipulate documents to appear as signed by a trusted source. [...]
Mozilla is now showing ads in the form of sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions when U.S. users type in the URL address bar. [...]