Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:08:05 +0000
How to update Google Chrome to urgently patch a vulnerability in the browser and what to do if you run into problems along the way.
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:00:00 -0800
Over the past several years, Ashland Specialty Chemicals, a global specialty materials and chemical company with about 4,200 employees, has been downsizing. It shuttered its physical datacenter and adopted more of a software-as-a-service strategy for business apps such as Salesforce and Workday. With the shift to the cloud, the company also had to address keeping web traffic secure as its hybrid workforce accessed sensitive data online.
While the company continues to use more traditional, and costly, firewalls such as Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to secure web gateways, it has also been testing an enterprise-specific browser from a start-up company named Island.
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 04:00:00 -0800
A start-up has emerged from stealth mode to announce what it describes as one of the world’s first enterprise-specific browsers, capable of governing how users interact with all SaaS and web applications.
The new Island web browser is based on the widely used Chromium open-source platform. Launched by a company with the same name, Island offers users a familiar online experience while governing what sites they can visit, the data they can view, and what files they can download or upload. Restrictions can be dialed up or down and can be specific to a user’s role in an organization.
For example, a user could be surfing the web with the standard Chrome, Edge, or Safari browsers, but if they try to access a site that’s off-limits based on the Island settings, they’d be blocked and told to use their secure browser. The Island browser can even stop an employee from taking screenshots of sensitive data, depending on the settings IT admins choose to implement.
Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:08:00 -0800
In business, we’ve used Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for years. But I’m now seeing recommendations that consumers use VPN software to make internet connections more private so sites can’t snoop on your surfing and other communications. As someone who runs a website that uses IP address reputation as a guide to know who is and is not reputable on my site, I can tell you that using a VPN often assigns you an IP address that’s less than stellar. As a result, if you attempt to access sites that check for reputation, such as your bank, you may find yourself blocked.
I’m not against the concept of consumer-based VPN software, but I’m not convinced it’s the security panacea many think it is. Users think it’s keeping sites from tracking them, or keeping them safe when surfing on coffee shop Wi-Fi. They think it keeps prying eyes from reviewing our web traffic. But all VPN software is not created equal. I recently read new research from Consumer Reports that tested various VPN platforms; I was surprised to find that the top VPN providers included vendors I’ve not even heard of.
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:49:13 +0000
We explain how best to block cookies in Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge, and why you need to.
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Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:22:43 +0000
Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:11:00 -0800
Mozilla has started to turn on DNS-over-HTTPS, or DoH, as part of its overall strategy of stressing user privacy.
“We know that unencrypted DNS is not only vulnerable to spying but is being exploited,” wrote Selena Deckelmann, Mozilla’s new vice president of desktop Firefox, in a Feb. 25 post to a company blog. “We are helping…to make the shift to more secure alternatives [and] do this by performing DNS lookups in an encrypted HTTPS connection. This helps hide your browsing history from attackers on the network, helps prevent data collection by third parties on the network that ties your computer to websites you visit.”
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:55:00 -0800
Google and Microsoft are using dark pattern design to trick or force users to do things they never intended. Is it time to switch to more ethical search engines? (We list 10 alternatives.)
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