A flaw in the MSHTML engine that lets an attacker use a malicious Office document to install malware is currently being used against the energy, industrial, banking, medical tech and other sectors. Image: BeeBright, Getty Images/iStockphoto A recently reported security vulnerability in Microsoft’s MSHTML browser engine is being found all [...]
A flaw in the MSHTML engine that lets an attacker use a malicious Office document to install malware is currently being used against the energy, industrial, banking, medical tech and other sectors. Image: BeeBright, Getty Images/iStockphoto A recently reported security vulnerability in Microsoft’s MSHTML browser engine is being found all ...
From this week, Microsoft won’t require you, or your password manager, to come up with strings of letters, numbers, and special characters forming a silly sentence or a reconfiguration of an ex’s name and birthday to access the Windows giant’s services. That is to say, you can delete the password ...
By using an alternative means of authentication, you can now go passwordless on your Microsoft account. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock Those of you who use a Microsoft account to sign into Windows, Office, Outlook or other Microsoft apps and services can now fully jettison your password as another step toward a ...
Biometrics are moving beyond banks and joining fingerprints and faceprints as a way to confirm employee and customer identities. Image: Shutterstock/Carlos Amarillo As working from home moves from a temporary solution to the new normal, companies need new ways to secure data and protect internal networks . Banks are most ...
Online fraud is getting sneakier and stealthier as mischievous operatives evolve their techniques. Learn some of the unique tricks afoot today and how to spot them. Image: Disney My family and I enjoyed the TV show “Loki,” which portrays the god of mischief entailed in various shenanigans. I thought how ...
Hackers are exploiting a vulnerability in the on-premise Atlassian Confluence workplace collaboration platform on a massive scale, with businesses urged to patch their systems without delay. US Cyber Command issued a public notice just before the weekend warning that mass exploitation of the remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2021-26084 ...
Apple has delayed its controversial image scanning feature following negative feedback. The company updated its briefing page on the technology, explaining it was delaying the feature based on the response it received from customers and privacy advocates. “Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers, and others, we have decided ...
Google recently released Chrome 93. Along with its unveiling came the announcement that the latest update fixed a series of serious flaws. According to Google’s blog post announcing Chrome 93, the latest version of the web browser fixed 27 security flaws, and five of those flaws carried a “high” risk ...
Amazon has denied reports that it is changing its strategy regarding the removal of harmful content from its cloud infrastructure. The statement comes days after two sources told Reuters that the tech giant is adopting a stricter stance about removing content that violates its cloud service policies. However, an AWS spokesperson described Reuters’ report ...
A flaw in the MSHTML engine that lets an attacker use a malicious Office document to install malware is currently being used against the energy, industrial, banking, medical tech and other sectors. Image: BeeBright, Getty Images/iStockphoto A recently reported security vulnerability in Microsoft’s MSHTML browser engine is being found all [...]
