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Jack Wallen walks you through the process of using DNS-over-HTTPS on your Chromebook for a more secure experience. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto With good reason, you take your Chromebook everywhere you go. It’s simple to use, it’s secure and it’s blazing fast, but the security of the Chromebook isn’t always guaranteed—especially when you’re working on a public network. You’ve probably connected that laptop to coffee shop networks, where there’s either no password, an easy password or…

More and more social platforms are coming up with safer ways for younger kids to access their apps. The most recent announcement comes from Facebook who is reportedly creating a version of Instagram for kids 13 and under. It’s a family safety win to see so many companies (YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook have parental control channels) making changes. That’s because currently, kids under 13 have no problem getting around an app’s age restrictions, a decision that can expose them to risks such as cyberbullying, stranger connections, and…

More and more social platforms are coming up with safer ways for younger kids to access their apps. The most recent announcement comes from Facebook who is reportedly creating a version of Instagram for kids 13 and under. It’s a family safety win to see so many companies (YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook have parental control channels) making changes. That’s because currently, kids under 13 have no problem getting around an app’s age restrictions, a decision that can expose them to risks such as cyberbullying, stranger connections, and…

Diving into a cashless future of transactions via digital wallets that keep consumers safe and reduce paper and waste. Image: iStockphoto/ipopba During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people were spraying down their cash with alcohol and sanitizer spray and then rubbing their hands with antibacterial gel. By January of this year, the media began informing the masses that disinfecting every surface and for every touch probably isn’t necessary: Surface contact represents less potential…

The UK authorities took down over 700,000 malicious and phishing sites last year, a huge increase from 2019, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The GCHQ body revealed the figures in its annual Active Cyber Defence (ACD) report. ACD is the NCSC’s four-year-old strategy to protect the public sector and, where possible, a broader audience. It does so via a toolkit of around 14 initiatives, headed by the Takedown Service, which involves finding and…

The US and UK governments have released new information on the current tactics of Russian cyber-spies, including 11 vulnerabilities dating back to 2018 that are being used for initial access. The new report, Further TTPs associated with SVR cyber actors, was released by the UK’s National Cyber Security Agency (NCSC) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency and FBI. It updates readers on the activities of the Russian Foreign Intelligence…

The US government has been forced to issue emergency legislation after a ransomware attack knocked offline the country’s largest fuel pipeline. Colonial Pipeline confirmed over the weekend that it had suffered a serious cyber-attack. “Quickly after learning of the attack, Colonial proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat. These actions temporarily halted all pipeline operations and affected some of our IT systems, which we are actively in the process of restoring,” it said in…

News Detail Partners Honored for Delivering Top Performance and Noteworthy Impact During Unprecedented Year PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced the winners of the VMware 2021 Partner Achievement Awards to honor select partners for extraordinary achievements aligned to key business priorities. The annual VMware Partner … Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 Partners Honored for Delivering Top Performance and Noteworthy Impact During Unprecedented Year PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS…

Unique partnership and integration foster ongoing innovation for communication monitoring Relativity, a global legal and compliance technology company, and Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security and compliance company, today announced a partnership to integrate Proofpoint’s next-generation Enterprise Archiving and Compliance with Relativity’s AI-powered communication surveillance platform Relativity Trace. The Relativity Trace and Proofpoint partnership helps ensure customers can manage surveillance data within one single source of truth with a secure, best-in-class archiving and compliance…