Security

Proton Foundation

In a Stunning Move, Proton Shifts Ownership to Non-Profit Foundation

With the creation of the Proton Foundation, Proton will remain true to its ideals to…

Passkeys (Dashlane)

These are the Sites Driving Passkey Adoption

Dashlane recently revealed which websites and services are driving passkey adoption as a more modern…

Security Researcher Demos Copilot Flaws at Black Hat Conference

Security Researcher Demos Microsoft Copilot Flaws at Black Hat Conference

Former Microsoft security architect Michael Bargury demonstrated multiple flaws that malicious hackers can exploit to…

Microsoft Employees

Microsoft Asks All of Its Employees to Prioritize Security

Microsoft explained in an internal memo that all of its employees must now participate in…

uBlock Origin has a Google-sized Manifest V3 problem

uBlocked: As Chrome Transitions to Manifest V3, Ad Blockers Get Less Effective

Users of uBlock Origin have started seeing a warning in Google Chrome that the popular…

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Password Management Basics (Premium)

Because our online accounts hold the key to our identities, finances, and other personal information,…

Microsoft Security

Microsoft is Working with the Security Industry to Prevent Another CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft published a technical deep dive into what went wrong with the CrowdStrike outage and…

Resiliency
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Resiliency (Premium)

In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, Microsoft has adopted the industry partnership stance I…

A victory for cookies everywhere

Bowing to Regulatory Pressure, Google Abandons Plans to Kill Third-Party Cookies

After four years of delays, Google has finally abandoned its plans to replace third-party cookies…

Windows kernel: Safe or not?
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Not a Great Look (Premium)

Something has been nagging at me since Microsoft blamed the EU for the CrowdStrike outage.…

Microsoft repair tool for CrowdStrike issues

Microsoft Issues Repair Tool for PCs Impacted by CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft issued a software download that creates a USB-based repair tool to unwind the problems…

Windows Recovery

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft’s Antitrust Problems

Microsoft this morning raised an interesting point about the CrowdStrike Internet outage that continues to…

PC with a recovery screen in a datacenter

Microsoft: CrowdStrike Mishap Impacted Less Than 1 Percent of Windows PCs

The CrowdStrike outage this past week was devastating, but it impacted less than 1 percent…

CloudStrike Falcon logo

Botched CrowdStrike Update Triggered Microsoft Infrastructure Outage Overnight

Security firm CrowdStrike misconfigured a Windows security update, triggering a massive worldwide Internet outage.

Google Advanced Protection Program

Google Adds Passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program

Google today updated its Advanced Protection Program (APP) for Google accounts, giving high-risk users its…

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Need to Know: Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (Premium)

Most have never heard of Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (ESS), let alone experienced it.…

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