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SSCC 186 - Just how firm is your firmware? [PODCAST]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly security podcast - from firmware and Firefox to Project Zero and Lightning conductors.
Chet and Duck are in fine fettle as usual...enjoy!
Firefox to get a "walled garden" for browser extensions, Mozilla to be sole arbiter
Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser is heading towards signed browser extensions only.
Even if you publish your extensions "off market," you'll have to get Mozilla to sign them first.
Anatomy of a browser dilemma - how HSTS 'supercookies' make you choose between privacy or security
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will.
Mark Stockley explains...
Update Tuesday wrap-up, January 2015 - See? We didn't use the word "Patch"!
Like fingers and thumbs, not all updates are patches, even if all patches are updates.
So, here's the skinny on Update Tuesday...including the security patches, of course.
GCHQ and police team up to hunt down child abusers on the darknet
A major crackdown on child-abuse imagery includes a new law making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual communication to a child.
Firefox turns 10 - celebrates by helping you to forget
The Firefox browser just turned 10.
Paul Ducklin takes a trip down memory lane...
How to clear out cookies, Flash cookies and local storage
This quick fix will show you how to clear out cookies and the cookie-like things that can be used to track you online.
Mozilla fixes "phishing friendly" cryptographic bug in Firefox and Thunderbird
Mozilla just patched a bug in its cryptographic library, NSS.
The bug is rated "critical" because it could permit skullduggery in apparently secure connections.
SSCC 165 - "U2 or not U2," that is the question [PODCAST]
It's Chet Chat time!
Here's this week's episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast...
Firefox sneaks out an "inbetweener" update, with security improvements rather than fixes
Usually, if everything goes according to plan, Firefox updates appear every six weeks.
But if needs must, Mozilla delivers in-between updates, too, and that's what has happened here, bumping Firefox from version 32.0 to 32.0.1.
Why is Google sending insecure browsers back in time?
Google's search page has seemingly gone back in time - but only for users stuck in the last decade. If you're using an internet antique, take Google's hint and upgrade now.
Firefox 32.0 fixes holes, shakes out some old SSL certs, introduces certificate pinning
Yesterday was Firefox's Fortytwosday (updates come out every 42 days, on Tuesdays, in a nod to Douglas Adams), bringing us to Firefox 32.0.
There are also two Extended Support Releases for the more conservative amongst us...
Firefox OS app permissions will give users more privacy than Android
Mozilla's mobile platform, Firefox OS, is behind Google's Android in just about every way.
But in one important respect, privacy, Firefox OS is trying to move ahead by giving users more control over what data apps can gather from their devices...
Microsoft brings Internet Explorer's security into the 21st century
Internet Explorer (IE) will finally catch up with rival browsers next week when it begins blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls.
SSCC 158 - What do you mean, "Don't knit your own remote authentication"? [PODCAST]
Here's this week's Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure.
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week's security news to see what we can learn from other people's mistakes...
Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week's security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-min video...
60 Sec Security, 26 July 2014
Firefox slams Chrome again in our trustworthy browser poll
Firefox once again outpaced Chrome, IE, Safari and Opera as the most trusted web browser. But many are not happy with their browser choices when it comes to privacy.
Read on for some of the interesting comments our readers submitted ...
SSCC 157 - Routers, Browsers, Zombies and Sysadmins [PODCAST]
Here it is...this week's Chet Chat security podcast.
In this episode: fixing routers, trusting browsers, killing zombies and showing TLC to sysadmins.
Firefox 31 has arrived - 11 bulletins, 3 critical, 0 visual surprises
Firefox 31 is out.
So is its updated conservative older brother, the Extended Support Release, now at 24.7.
And Firefox's email-oriented cousin Thunderbird gets updated, too.
It's all about trust! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch 60 Second Security for 19 July 2014 - it's all about trust!
