Very. Regular vendor updates to patch software flaws that could be or are being exploited by threat actors – such as Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday – are essential to everyone’s cyber security. Google is going to issue updates for its Chrome browser weekly. Google to fight hackers with weekly Chrome security …
Good news for Android malware
Let’s end this week on a good news Android story. There is no doubt that malware infected and malicious Android apps do get distributed through the Google Play store – see last Friday’s final post among the many on this site. Google has taken various steps to try and deal …
CISA cyber security advisories
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is one of my go to places for advice on product vulnerabilities and patching. There were two this week for VMware and Mozilla Firefox. VMware Releases Security Update for Aria Operations for Networks | CISA Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Multiple …
Passwordless is coming – Google says so
Here is a keynote article from Google looking at the steps it is taking to make the online experience safer. Google I/O 2023: New features to improve online safety (blog.google) It is worth the read as it does illustrate what the threats and risks are when operating online – both …
Passwordless Google Accounts
I’m in. I have written about passwordlessness (I probably made that word up!) before. Eliminating the password makes it much harder for threat actors to compromise your security, exploit stolen credentials and gain unauthorised access to systems such as Microsoft and now Google: Google adds passkeys support for passwordless sign-in …
