Data privacy experts weigh in on how to protect your personal information when on your phone. Can you really trust the apps on your phone? Researchers discovered that over 1,000 apps that “bent the rules” have horned in on your privacy,
Read More about 7 security tips to keep people and apps from stealing your dataThis free Windows 10 upgrade offer still works. Here’s why — and how to get it
More than three years after Microsoft’s free upgrade offer officially ended, people are still reporting successful Windows 10 upgrades from older machines. Here’s the latest extremely unofficial report. In January 2017, I wrote a post titled “Here’s how you can
Read More about This free Windows 10 upgrade offer still works. Here’s why — and how to get itHow to use the new Firefox Private Network
Need to hide your location and encrypt your Firefox browser data? Look no further than the new Firefox Private Network add-on. When you’re on the go and you’re making use of a free, insecure network with your laptop, the last
Read More about How to use the new Firefox Private NetworkMozilla relaunches Test Pilot with a new ‘Private Network’ extension for Firefox
Don’t call it a VPN though. Why it matters: Mozilla is reviving its Test Pilot program and bringing with it a beta version of its Private Network extension. While it functions similarly to a VPN, Mozilla wants to appeal to privacy advocates
Read More about Mozilla relaunches Test Pilot with a new ‘Private Network’ extension for FirefoxA critical flaw in VLC media player leaves PCs exposed, VideoLAN says otherwise
The issue isn’t reproducible, according to VideoLAN What just happened? Given its popularity, there’s a high chance that you have the VLC media player installed on your PC. Unless you’re running macOS, your Windows, Linux or Unix machine is reportedly susceptible to
Read More about A critical flaw in VLC media player leaves PCs exposed, VideoLAN says otherwiseGoogle says hacked websites were attacking iPhones for years
Now-fixed exploits were used to install monitoring implants What just happened? Apple likes to push its devices as a safer option compared to its rivals, but they still have vulnerabilities. Security researchers at Google say a collection of hacked websites were used
Read More about Google says hacked websites were attacking iPhones for yearsMore than 99% of attacks in the past year relied on human error to gain access
Experiencing a data breach purely from being internet-connected is quite rare. Hackers rely on users to open or install a malicious payload, according to Proofpoint. For all of the attention paid to software vulnerabilities—there are dozens, if not hundreds, published
Read More about More than 99% of attacks in the past year relied on human error to gain accessMicrosoft’s Chromium Edge browser hits the beta channel
Chromium Edge is now one step away from general availability In context: Beta is the third and most stable of Microsoft’s preview channels. Major updates are rolled out approximately every six weeks alongside the occasional bug fixes and security patches. Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge
Read More about Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser hits the beta channelMicrosoft offering some customers an extra year of free Windows 7 updates
In brief: With Windows 7’s extended support period set to end on January 14, 2020, businesses that can’t or won’t upgrade to Windows 10 face paying Microsoft’s high fees to keep receiving extended security updates (ESUs). But the company is running
Read More about Microsoft offering some customers an extra year of free Windows 7 updatesMicrosoft: Flash will die on Windows 10’s new Edge in line with Google Chrome
Microsoft updates its plans for Adobe Flash on the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. Microsoft has detailed how it will follow through with its plan to remove Adobe Flash from its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. Not surprisingly, Microsoft will retire
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