Security News

The popular password manager 1Password is now available for Linux users in beta version. Pegged for an official release in early 2021, the Linux release for 1Password - which has been used by Windows and Mac users for years - offers a "Full-featured desktop app" where users can securely manage and store passwords and other important credentials, such as credit card information.

Apricorn announced the release of an 18TB version of its Aegis Padlock DT FIPS desktop drives. The Padlock DT FIPS desktop drives come with AegisWare - the proprietary firmware and feature set recognizable of Apricorn's Aegis Secure Drives and Secure Keys.

Mozilla now offers a VPN service that protects Windows and mobile devices, and soon your Linux and macOS desktops. Mozilla has released their VPN service, which is currently available for Android, iOS, Windows, and will soon be available for Linux and macOS. The service offers fast network speeds, location selection, zero activity logs stored on Mozilla servers, is currently available in six countries, runs on a global network of servers powered by Mullvad, uses device-level encryption, has no bandwidth restrictions, makes use of 280+ servers in 30+ countries, and only costs you $4.99 per month for up to five devices.

Want to hide files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager? Jack Wallen shows you one handy method.

A security researcher was awarded a $1,750 bug bounty reward for discovering a remote code execution vulnerability in the Slack desktop applications. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within Slack's desktop apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Tech Data announced that it has expanded its Cloud Solution Factory offering with the addition of a new Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure Click-to-Run Solution, which increases remote workforce productivity while ensuring data and applications can be securely accessed from any location using any device. "As a leader in cloud and next-generation solution aggregation, Tech Data makes cloud adoption simple by significantly reducing cloud configuration and deployment processes so that our channel partners can serve their customers more effectively and with fewer risks."

Want to hide files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager? Jack Wallen shows you one handy method. Those same files and directories will be hidden from the file manager unless you explicitly tell the file manager to show those secreted files.

To ensure cybersecurity administration is easier and more accessible, SonicWall announced new zero touch-enabled, multi-gigabit SonicWall TZ firewalls with SD-Branch capabilities, along with a redesigned cloud-native management console that helps streamline operations through fresh and modern user interfaces. "SonicWall's new SD-Branch ready next-generation firewalls, along with re-engineered SonicOS, provide multi-gig malware inspection for increased security needs and advanced protection against threats hiding in the encrypted TLS 1.3 traffic."

If you've added two-factor authentication to Bitwarden, but are wondering why it's not working on the desktop client, fear not. I've written about how to enable two factor authentication with Bitwarden, but that only applied to the web interface.

If you've added two-factor authentication to Bitwarden, but are wondering why it's not working on the desktop client, fear not. Jack Wallen shows you how to unlock this particular magic.