Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is a security concern that you may not have thought of. The enhanced (not the basic one the products ship with) spell check functionality in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome sends information back and forth between your machine and their servers but it appears this information can include personally …
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I have just spotted this – it is Saturday – but I thought I would put it quickly, up as many people depend on Google Chrome for shopping, banking etc: Google Chrome emergency update fixes new zero-day used in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) This impacts the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, is …
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This is an accidental flaw introduced into the latest version of Chrome, which Google is fixing. Google Chrome bug lets sites write to clipboard without asking (bleepingcomputer.com) The issue with websites being able to write to the system clipboard, is that clipboard often holds sensitive information during a website interaction …
Most browsers offer the option of adding extensions that will add functionality to the browser, however, of course, the threat actors exploit these to carry out various cyber attacks: Chrome extensions with 1.4 million installs steal browsing data (bleepingcomputer.com) Here are the extensions that the McAfee researchers discovered: Netflix Party (mmnbenehknklpbendgmgngeaignppnbe) …
Google fixes fifth Chrome zero-day bug exploited this year (bleepingcomputer.com)
