Cybersecurity

The Wi-Fi Alliance has finally announced the long-awaited next generation of the wireless security protocol—Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3). WPA3 will replace the existing WPA2—the network security protocol that has been around for at least 15 years and widely used by billions of wireless devices every day, including smartphones, laptops and […]

Apple released iOS 11.2.2 software Monday for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch models that patch for the Spectre vulnerabilities. A macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 supplemental update was also released to bolster Spectre defenses in Apple’s Safari browser and WebKit, the web browser engine used by Safari, Mail, and App Store. This […]

A flash drive or USB may provide a capacity as large as 2TB or could have a small space of 256 MB but it caters the individuals in many aspects especially to store data. However, with the perspective of security, these USB drives could prove to be vulnerable to your […]

Ad targeters are exploiting browsers’ built-in login managers to covertly collect hashes of users’ email addresses, to be used to track them across the web. “Email addresses are unique and persistent, and thus the hash of an email address is an excellent tracking identifier,” Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology […]

Stealthy cryptocurrency mining scripts have found their way to a variety of websites – streaming, gaming, online stores, and so on. The craze started with CoinHive, but copycats have soon started popping up and increasing the probability for users to get their browsers hijacked into mining crypto currency (mostly Monero). […]

Windows users whose PCs run on Intel processors can apparently expect their computers to slow down after next Tuesday. In fact, all computers using modern Intel chips – whether they run Windows, Linux or macOS – are expected to suffer a performance hit in the coming days. The reason for […]

Enfin, un navigateur intervient techniquement pour protéger les utilisateurs contre les mineurs de cryptomonnaie exploitant la puissance de calcul des ordinateurs à l’insu des internautes. Le navigateur norvégien Opera a lancé la version beta d’Opera 50, le premier navigateur populaire à se doter d’un bloqueur intégré de minage de cryptomonnaie. […]