Tag: security

Mozilla patched a vulnerability in the Firefox web browser with the launch of the 68.0.2 release which would allow unauthorized users to copy passwords from the browser’s built-in Save Logins database even when protected with a master password. […]

Brooklyn man Jason Mickel Elcock was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for a series of account hijacking attacks spanning more than a decade, having used stolen personal and financial information to pilfer over $1.1 million from banks and online retailers. […]

Lack of standardization of the password reset procedures of web services can help hackers find the phone number linked to a victim’s email address. […]

Apple published the WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy, outlining the types of tracking practices being blocked by the Safari web browser to provide users with an Internet ecosystem focused on privacy. […]

A vulnerability in Trend Micro’s Password Manager could be exploited to run programs with the permissions of the most privileged account on a Windows system. […]

A growing threat targeting the enterprise are phishing scams targeting users from compromised email accounts in the same organization. This type of attack is called lateral phishing as it is conducted from an email address within, rather than outside, the organization. […]

Microsoft released the August 2019 Microsoft Office security updates, bundling a total of 20 security updates and 4 cumulative updates across seven different products. […]