Security News

Microsoft Announces New Security Features for Devs, Customers
2020-05-21 08:41

At this week's Build virtual event, Microsoft announced new Identity and Azure features meant to improve security for both application developers and enterprise customers. This week, Microsoft announced two new additions to Azure Security Center: the availability of Azure Secure Score API to customers, and the public availability of suppression rules for Azure Security Center alerts, which are meant to reduce alerts fatigue.

OpenBSD devs patch authentication bypass bug
2019-12-06 11:31

One of the internet's most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls.

Facebook confesses 100 devs may have accessed leaked Groups data
2019-11-07 12:48

It shut down that access in April 2018, or at least thought it did. At least 11 improperly accessed data in the last two months.

Chrome devs tell world that DNS over HTTPS won't open the floodgates of hell
2019-10-29 18:02

Well, their version of it won't, they claim Chrome devs have had a little rant about "misinformation", repeating that DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) won't yet be introduced by default in upcoming builds of...

Google warns devs as it tightens Chrome cookie security: Stuff will break if you're not clued up
2019-10-24 14:15

You'll have to tag those for cross-site use from February Google is asking developers to get ready for more secure cookie settings to be implemented in Chrome 80 that is planned for release in...

Too bad, so sad, exploit devs: Google patches possibly several million dollars' worth of security flaws in Android
2019-09-05 23:43

Except one – a 'your phone is now my phone' bug reported months ago and still not fixed Google this week emitted the September edition of its monthly Android security updates – and has left at...

No REST for the wicked: Ruby gem hacked to siphon passwords, secrets from web devs
2019-08-20 21:21

Developer account cracked due to credential reuse, source tampered with and released to hundreds of programmers An old version of a Ruby software package called rest-client that was modified and...

Vim devs fix system-pwning text editor bug
2019-06-13 14:02

Diehard text editor users everywhere breathed a sigh of relief this week as the open source community fixed a bug in one of the most venerable *nix programs: Vim.

Devs slam Microsoft for injecting tech-support scam ads into their Windows Store apps
2019-06-04 05:06

Redmond kinda just shrugs after advertising systems sling scareware pop-ups at users Application makers are crying foul after some of their programs distributed via the Windows Store pops open...

Chrome extension devs must drop deceptive installation tactics
2019-05-31 09:41

After announcing its intention to limit third-party developers’ access to Chrome’s webRequest API, which is used by many ad-blocking extensions to filter out content, Google has followed up with...