Each month, Microsoft releases a big security update known as “Patch Tuesday.” As the name implies, the update comes on the second Tuesday of each month, fixing any security vulnerabilities the company found since the previous Patch Tuesday update. This past Tuesday’s patch was notable, since the company fixed two zero-days among other critical vulnerabilities. The patch fixes 49 vulnerabilities …
Twitter has consistently been in the news this year, and for good reason. The social media platform has gone through major and rapid changes, with concerns those changes could put users’ data in jeopardy. Those concerns may be valid, but, as it turns out, Twitter didn’t need its current drama to put user data in harms way. According to BleepingComputer, …
Browser extensions make surfing the web better. They add useful features missing from the original browser, and allow you to customize your internet experience to fit your needs. However, they aren’t without risk, as we saw this week. The extension in question is “Google Sheets 2.1,” at least that was its name at the time of identification. Back in May, …
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a regularly scheduled affair. The rollout occurs on the second Tuesday of every month, and allows Microsoft to release all available security updates and bug fixes at once. Sometimes, Patch Tuesday is a boring update, but, other times, it’s chock full of fixes for serious security vulnerabilities. This latest Patch Tuesday is the latter. Microsoft’s last …
When setting up your smartphone, choosing a strong passcode and utilizing available biometric authentications (like face and fingerprint scans) are usually enough to keep intruders away. However, a newly discovered Android vulnerability means anyone can bypass the lock screen and break into your smartphone. The new vulnerability comes to us from cybersecurity researcher David Schütz. Schütz was using his Pixel …
Cyberattacks and cybersecurity threats are an unfortunate part of modern life. As such, governments around the world have had to find new tactics to deal with the rising cyber threats against their nations’ companies and organizations. The British government, it seems, is taking aggressive actions. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the agency …