Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags
Chrome users are now automatically signed into the browser if they’re signed into any other Google service, such as Gmail.
Web Security
Tricky DoS Attack Crashes Mozilla Firefox
There are currently no mitigations for the Firefox attack, a researcher told Threatpost.
Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers
The company said it has issued a patch for the issue, which has been ongoing since May 2017.
Microsoft said that it’s working on a fix for a zero-day flaw in its JET Database Engine.
Vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated remote attacker to log in to a device at the time the system initially boots up.
The incident, hard on the heels of the British Airways breach, shows that Magecart is quickly evolving and shows no signs of slowing down.
The research team said it has shared its findings with law enforcement and victims are being notified.
Overall seven flaws were patched – including one critical vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Technology can free analysts from the burden of manual and tedious tasks so they can operate at the highest level of their abilities.
Outdated security practices made it simple to access other people’s receipts for everything from traffic tickets to paying bail.
