By Andrey Meshkov, CEO and CTO at AdGuard Content blocking is not a priority for Apple and WebKit. Content blocking in Safari is possible despite all its issues and limitations. If we want to improve it, we need to contribute to WebKit ourselves. This article is about content blocking on Apple platforms, mainly iOS. Why is it important to talk about Apple? First of all, it’s Apple, and it enjoys a large enough market share…

The Post Office in the UK has announced it will expand the use of digital identity technology in partnership with software company Yoti. The government-owned retail postal service will roll out a range of products both online and in-branch, providing consumers with a range of choices as to how they verify themselves via modern technology. The collaboration is designed to make Post Office transactions more simple and secure going forward. Among the products to be…

Weak threat insight, SecOps competing priorities, and fear of making things worse are key reasons By Chris Goettl, Director of Security Product Management, Ivanti It isn’t glamorous. It won’t guarantee a company staff promotion or kudos, but patching is a critical risk prevention function in any environment. Unfortunately, it’s task organizations tend to push aside – until they’re hit with a multi-million-dollar breakdown. Ponemon recently found that 60% of security breach victims say they became…

The Scottish Business Resilience Center (SBRC) has announced a ransomware-focused update to its facilitation of the National Cyber Security Center’s (NCSC) Exercise in a Box program, which it has been running with businesses across Scotland since late 2020. The program – delivered with support from the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and other stakeholders – sees workshops provided to businesses via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. The workshops focus on cyber-resilience, exploring various scenarios to test organizations’…

Two men have been charged with a dark web drug distribution conspiracy said to be worth millions of dollars. Kevin Ombisi, 31, and Eric Russell Jr, 35, both of Katy, Texas, were each charged in a complaint filed in the Western District of Tennessee after being arrested last Thursday. Ombisi is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, and Russell is charged with one count of conspiracy….

Russian internet giant Yandex has revealed that thousands of its customers had their accounts accessed due to a malicious insider working at the firm. The Moscow-headquartered multi-national provides search, email, e-commerce and even ride-hailing services, and claims to have tens of millions of unique monthly users. However, on Friday it noted in a brief statement that an employee had been selling access to users’ email accounts for personal gain. “The employee was one of three…