Early December marked the one-year anniversary of the Log4j security meltdown. Ever since, the software world has been on a dead sprint to ensure it would never happen again. We’re finally seeing some traction as the missing links in software supply chain security begin to get filled in. Log4j was […]
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Google rolls out December 2022 Android security patch for Pixels
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now rolling out the December 2022 security patch for Pixels. The update is available for Pixel 4a and higher devices. It includes over 70 bug fixes and improvements across several areas. After releasing the December feature drop for Pixel phones and the […]
Indiana Sues TikTok for Security and Child Safety Violations
Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued the Chinese-owned app TikTok for deceiving users about China’s access to their data and for exposing children to mature content, in the first state lawsuits against the popular video service. Todd Rokita, the attorney general, claimed that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese […]
Apple’s new Advanced Data Protection brings more security and encryption to iCloud
Apple, the company whose CEO is fond of calling privacy a human right, has added a few new privacy features to its devices. One of them, Advanced Data Protection, is adding end-to-end encryption to almost every iCloud service out there. Which means that almost everything you upload to Apple’s cloud […]
5 Ways to Boost Data Security on the Cloud
Cloud is a powerful tool, but sometimes it hard to maintain data security on the cloud. That’s because it’s also a powerful target. Cloud security is an important concern, and it’s not just limited to large companies. Small businesses can also be targeted by hackers, who often go after small […]
Apple Angers FBI By Offering More Privacy And Security To Users
from the oh-no-the-government-is-feeling-ways-about-stuff dept Apple has always been a market leader in user security. Things haven’t changed, no matter how much the FBI wishes/litigates. What’s most important to Apple is that users can trust it to keep their personal info and communications private and secure. What’s most important to federal […]
How to use Advanced Data Protection & Apple’s other new security features
New security features for your devices AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. Learn how to start using Apple’s Advanced Data Protection feature and what you can expect from Apple’s other privacy-related announcements. Apple recently announced a trio of new […]
Europe’s eIDAS 2.0: a threat to modern web security?
The big picture: The Council of the European Union is preparing a new set of rules for secure electronic communications and identification. eIDAS 2.0 goes backward, however, adopting a security model which has been long abandoned by modern browsers and internet platforms. eIDAS, or “electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services,” […]
Complexity is the enemy of cloud security
It’s a fact that most enterprises put security teams and tools in a silo. It drives me nuts when I see these bad habits carried over to cloud computing security. I covered this topic three years ago, and for the most part, it’s unchanged. Many of today’s security breaches are […]