Security News > 2021 > May

Google is rolling out a new Chrome on Android feature to help users change passwords compromised in data breaches with a single tap. Chrome already helped you check if your credentials were compromised and, with the rollout of the new automated password change feature, it will also allow you to change them automatically.

Machine data solutions firm Splunk announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire TruSTAR, a San Francisco-based company that provides a threat intelligence platform designed to integrate various threat data sources and improve detection and response times. Founded in 2014, TruSTAR's platform collects and enriches internal and external data sources to automate the dissemination of intelligence to various tools and teams.

Attackers can take advantage of the fact these apps access, gather, store and transmit more information than any other app their victims have installed. Roid stalkerware apps - used to surreptitiously track people's movements and digital activities - turn out to themselves be rife with security holes that put victims in even danger.

Mozilla has started rolling out the Site Isolation security feature to all Firefox channels, protecting users from attacks launched via malicious websites. Until today, Site Isolation could only be enabled by users of Firefox Nightly, the release channel used by Mozilla to test new features not yet ready for a wider rollout.

With today's release of the Windows 10 May 2021 Update, you now download the Windows 10 21H1 ISO for the operating system directly from Microsoft. This article will explain how you can download the Windows 10 21H1 ISO directly from Microsoft's servers.

A Russian spymaster has denied that his agency carried out the infamous SolarWinds supply chain attack in a public relations move worthy of the Internet Research Agency. Sergei Naryshkin, head of the SVR spy agency, made his denial in a BBC interview broadcast on Tuesday.

Microsoft has released the next version of Windows 10 called "21H1", or the May 2021 Update, and it is available to users running Windows 10 2004 or later as an optional update in Windows Update. Microsoft is first making Windows 10 21H1 available as an optional update to "Seekers," or those who manually perform a check for new updates, running Windows 10 2004 or later.

Microsoft has released the next version of Windows 10 called "21H1", or the May 2021 Update, and it is available to users running Windows 10 2004 or later as an optional update in Windows Update. Microsoft is first making Windows 10 21H1 available as an optional update to "Seekers," or those who manually perform a check for new updates, running Windows 10 2004 or later.

Wikipedia says MicroStrategy is a company that provides business intelligence, mobile software, and cloud-based services, but that wouldn't be the first outdated information on the crowdsourced knowledge repository. In a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the software company founded in 1989 said it would purchase $10m in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency at an average price of $43,663.

NVIDIA announced today that it's halving the hash rate for Etehereum cryptocurrency mining on the new GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards to make them less desirable for miners. "Today, we're taking additional measures by applying a reduced ETH hash rate to newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards," said Matt Wuebbling, NVIDIA's Global Head of GeForce Marketing.