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Forbidden names, revisited
Flashback to the glory days of CompuServe, when anyone could get an account, but not everyone could use their real names -- even if there wasn't a naughty word involved.
5 handy Google Fi features you shouldn't forget
Google's wireless service has some powerful benefits beyond the obvious. Are you taking advantage of everything Fi has to offer?
Will Apple’s iPhone replace your password?
Apple begins testing security standard WebAuthn, elevating the possibility of using Face ID on your iPhone alongside a password and Touch ID to access highly secure websites.
Keep Cyber Threats from Destroying Your Company
Every company is a target, no matter its size, function or annual revenue. Security risks come from very direction - malware, social networks and even employees. Every company has information worth protecting, and you owe it to your
Blockchain: What’s it good for? Absolutely nothing, report finds
Blockchain has entered Gartner's 'Trough of Disillusionment' as a new report cites dozens of purported success stories that turned out to be failures.
Amazon launches patient data-mining service to assist docs
Through its Amazon Web Services platform, Amazon is offering an A.I. engine that can cull useful information from millions of unstructured electronic files, including patient electronic medical records.
FAQ: Windows 10 LTSB explained
The 'Long-term Servicing Branch' of Windows 10 was initially aimed at enterprises that wanted to avoid Microsoft's Windows-as-a-service model and delay frequent feature updates. Here's how it's supposed to work.
Microsoft Patch Alert: After months of bad news, November’s patching seems positively serene
After a disastrous month of patching in October, Microsoft seems have finally decided to slow down and get its Windows 10 (version 1809) patch routine right.
Don’t Take the Bait. Phishing is big business. Don’t get hooked.
In the last year, there’s been a meteoric rise in phishing attacks as hackers continue to refine and enhance their tactics, taking advantage of malware-as-a-service offerings on the dark web.
Microsoft's multi-factor authentication service flakes out – again
For the second time in nine days, the Multi-Factor Authentication system used by Microsoft for Office 365 logins failed.
Windows Hello for Business: Next-gen authentication for Windows shops
Microsoft has brought biometric sign-in to Windows 10 business and enterprise users with Windows Hello for Business. Here’s how it works and how to deploy it to your users.
What is Windows Hello? Microsoft’s biometrics security system explained
Windows Hello gives Windows 10 users an alternative way to log into their devices and applications using a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. Here’s what the technology does, who uses it and the hardware required.
Gmail encryption: Everything you need to know
This easy-to-follow guide will help you understand what's going on with Gmail encryption and what you can do to maximize your messaging privacy.
Exploits Explained: Comprehensive Exploit Prevention
Read this paper to learn about 23 exploit techniques that are used by cybercriminals and nation-states, and see how Sophos Intercept X stacks up.
10 Android settings that'll strengthen your security
Android's own native security options aren't always obvious — but they're absolutely worth your while to embrace and understand.
ProtonMail launches standalone iOS VPN app
The encrypted email service provider, born out of CERN in Europe, has unveiled a VPN app for iOS devices.
The big fix
Pilot fish at a federal agency is visited by a user who can't access data he needs, and he doesn't just want the issue fixed -- he wants to know what went wrong, and why.
What Apple's T2 security chip brings to the enterprise table
Apple’s T2 security processor offers a real measure of data protection, even as it requires changes in how Apple hardware is imaged, updated or copied. But on balance, the T2 presages good things from the company.
Malware B-Z: Inside the Threat from Blackhole to ZeroAccess
This paper provides insight into two of the most commonly used and technically capable pieces of crimeware, the Blackhole exploit kit and the ZeroAccess rootkit. We explain why these kits are so useful to the bad guys and show you how
Microsoft yanks two buggy Office patches but keeps pushing one that crashes
On Friday afternoon, Microsoft pulled KB 4461522 and KB 2863821, two non-security patches that trigger Entry Point errors in various Office 2010 products. Security patch KB 4461529 is still being distributed, in spite of acknowledged...
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Firefox adds in-browser notification of breached sites
Mozilla added the alert system to its browser as a way or warning users who visit a site that's reported a data breach.
Amid calls for a Windows bug status dashboard, Microsoft belatedly agrees to build one
The move, expected to roll out in 2019, comes in the aftermath of the company's botched rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update.
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