Tripwire Patch Priority Index for April 2022

Tripwire’s April 2022 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft, Google Chrome, Oracle, and Adobe. First on the patch priority list this month is an elevation of privilege vulnerability ...
Google Opens new Ad-Targeting API—Topics, ‘Privacy Sandbox’ and FLEDGE

Google Opens new Ad-Targeting API—Topics, ‘Privacy Sandbox’ and FLEDGE

Cookies are dead—or, at least, their days are numbered. Instead, Google wants to shape the future of targeted advertising ...
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Best of 2021 - Chrome to Enforce HTTPS Web Protocol (Like It or Not)

Best of 2021 – Chrome to Enforce HTTPS Web Protocol (Like It or Not)

What a difference an ‘s’ makes. This seemingly unimportant change could have a big—if unseen—impact ...
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Targeted Dream Incubation, TikTok Data Sharing with China, Chrome and Firefox Updates

Targeted Dream Incubation, TikTok Data Sharing, Chrome and Firefox Updates

Is dream hacking the next big privacy concern or just a new marketing gimmick? Some people may be surprised that TikTok shares data with China, and details on Google Chrome adding HTTPS-first ...

Tripwire Patch Priority Index for May 2021

Tripwire’s May 2021 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities from Google Chrome, Adobe and Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for macOS (CVE-2021-30657) and Google ...
Chrome HTTPS Update: Chrome 90 to Use HTTPS for Incomplete URLs

Chrome HTTPS Update: Chrome 90 to Use HTTPS for Incomplete URLs

Google Chrome version 90 will default to HTTPS for incomplete URLS. For example, Chrome will load “https://domain.com” when a user types “domain.com.” (And if the HTTPS fails because a site... The post ...
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Google Chrome wants to fix your unsafe passwords

Most security breaches are the result of one thing: sloppy password practices. Too many people make the mistake of choosing weak passwords, or reusing passwords that they have used elsewhere on the ...
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3 Million Chrome Users Infected via Extensions—Here We Go Again

28 browser extensions for Chrome and Edge were laced with malware, says an anti-virus vendor ...
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Chrome Gets Patched Again—But 83% of Users Aren’t Running the Latest Version

Isolation Provides Malware-Free Browsing Regardless of Patch Status Imagine your life today without being able to freely browse the web. Browsers have put the entire world on our devices and in the ...
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Google ‘Irresponsibly’ Discloses Windows Zero-Day

Google discovered a “threat actor” exploiting a pair of bugs—one in Chrome and one in Windows ...
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