Security News

Support whizz 'fixes' screeching laptop with a single click... by closing 'malware-y' browser tab
2018-11-30 07:54

Nope, no new computer for you. Move along On Call Welcome once more to On Call, our weekly column where Reg readers share their tales of tech support problems solved.…

Talk about a cache flow problem: This JavaScript can snoop on other browser tabs to work out what you're visiting
2018-11-21 07:04

Yes, even the Tor browser can be spied on by this nasty code Special report Computer science boffins have demonstrated a side-channel attack technique that bypasses recently-introduced privacy...

It's November 2018, and Microsoft's super-secure Edge browser can be pwned eight different ways by a web page
2018-11-14 00:02

Look, we're tired of doing these headlines too, but for there's patching to do Microsoft and Adobe have delivered the November edition of Patch Tuesday with another sizable bundle of security fixes.…

Popular browsers made to cough up browsing history
2018-11-02 13:42

Only one browser stood fast against a set of new browser history attacks.

Google won't let you sign in if you disabled JavaScript in your browser
2018-11-01 14:51

Google announces for new security features to protect Google accounts.

How to use Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger to prevent browser tracking in Firefox
2018-10-24 15:10

Jack Wallen outlines the ideal combination of Firefox extensions to prevent browser tracking.

Browser vendors unite to end support for 20-year-old TLS 1.0
2018-10-16 22:00

Almost everyone has now migrated to TLS 1.2, and a few have moved to TLS 1.3.

Major Browsers to Kill TLS 1.0, 1.1
2018-10-16 12:16

All major web browsers will deprecate support for the older Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 traffic encryption protocols in the first half of 2020. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla...

Web browsers sharpen knives for TLS 1.0, 1.1, tell protocols to dig their own graves for 2019
2018-10-16 07:03

IE, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, all planning to deprecate lousy old versions by 2020 Sysadmins and netizens, it's time to get serious about killing off old, buggy and insecure versions of...

Google Vows Privacy Changes in Chrome Browser After User Backlash
2018-09-26 14:48

The tech giant promised that it will be more transparent about users' data in Chrome 70 after coming under fire for its privacy policies earlier this week.