Security

Google Messages to Adopt Cross-Platform Security Standard

Google announced that it will adopt the IETF’s Message Layer Security (MLS) standard in its…

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Brave Launches a New Request Off the Record Feature

Brave today launched a new feature for its flagship browser, Request Off the Record (OTR),…

GitHub and passkeys

Passkeys Come to GitHub in Public Beta

GitHub announced the availability of passkey authentication in public beta as a more seamless alternative…

Win32 app isolation

Win32 App Isolation Enters Public Preview

Announced at Build 2023, Win32 app isolation is a new sandboxing technique that uses AppContainers…

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Google Workspace Accounts Add Passkey Support in Beta

Google Workspace accounts are getting support for passkeys in beta. Personal Google accounts previously gained…

Microsoft Fixes Vulnerability That Compromised Bing and Office 365

Microsoft admitted today that it patched a serious security misconfiguration in its Azure cloud service…

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Gives a New AI-Powered Chat Tool to Cybersecurity Pros

Microsoft Security Copilot is a new AI-based chat tool for cybersecurity professionals. Just like Microsoft’s…

Brave Brings VPN to its Desktop Web Browser

Brave announced today that the Guardian-powered Firewall + VPN is now available on its desktop…

GitHub to Start Rolling Out 2FA Requirement

GitHub will soon require all developers who contribute code on the platform to enable two-factor…

European Commission is Banning TikTok on Work Devices

The European Commission has asked all of its employees to uninstall TikTok from all work…

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LastGasp (Premium)

LastPass has done the unthinkable and betrayed the trust of its customers. If you’re one…

Apple Announces End-to-End Encryption For iCloud Backups and Photos

With the upcoming Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud, Apple will offer end-to-end encryption for…

Microsoft Brings Certificate-Based Authentication for AAD to Mobile

In yet another step towards our passwordless futures, Microsoft this past week unveiled a public…

Study: Teams and Slack are Platforms, Need App Store-Like Controls

A new study claims that Microsoft Teams and Slack are basically operating systems, and yet…

Microsoft Sees No Need to Fix New Teams Vulnerability

Security researchers from Vectra Protect identified a major new vulnerability in Microsoft Teams, but Microsoft…

Yes, Microsoft Will Still Block VBA Macros by Default

After a strange bit of back-and-forth, Microsoft announced that it will resume blocking VBA macros…

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