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About six years ago, vulnerabilities were discovered that affected most Intel and AMD processors. The vulnerabilities, Spectre and Meltdown, can be exploited to read sensitive data from attacked computer systems. ADVERTISEMENT Intel released an update for one of the Spectre variants, disclosed officially on March 8, 2022. Microsoft implemented mitigations in client and server versions […]
KeePassXC has been updated to 2.7.7. The latest version of the open source password manager adds support for Passkeys, and has gained the ability to import your vault data from Bitwarden. ADVERTISEMENT Passkeys in KeePassXC Several password managers have added support for Passkeys over the past year, including Bitwarden, 1Password, Dashlane, Google Password Manager, Apple […]
It took Malwarebytes nearly five years to release the next iteration of its Malwarebytes security program. Malwarebytes 5.0 is available now for all supported operating systems (Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android). ADVERTISEMENT Malwarebytes says that it has reimagined the user interface of the application to “provide a more user-centric experience across all platforms”. Announcements such […]
A new malware called RustDoor is targeting macOS users. The malware has been undetected for 3 months, and poses as a Microsoft Visual studio Update. ADVERTISEMENT The malware was discovered by Bitdefender. A report by the popular antivirus maker says that RustDoor, is written in the Rust programming language. Bitdefender products identify the malware as […]
The developer of the free password manager KeePass has released version 2.56 of the Windows application. KeePass is a local password manager by default; this means that it does not require a cloud account or cloud connectivity. It is possible to use sync functionality, but this is completely optional. ADVERTISEMENT The release comes less than […]
The Document Foundation has released a new version of the open source Office application LibreOffice. LibreOffice 24.2 is already available for all supported platforms. Existing installations of LibreOffice may inform users about the update on the next run. ADVERTISEMENT Selecting Help > Check for updates is an option to run a manual check for updates. […]
Microsoft Word for the web has gained a new feature. The online version of the word processor now supports link previews in documents. ADVERTISEMENT Users who are familiar with Word Online and the offline version of Word will know that the program can be used to create hyperlinks. These appear as normal links in the […]
A security researcher has unearthed what appears to be one of the biggest password dumps ever. Over 70 million unique credentials have been leaked on the dark web. ADVERTISEMENT The news came to light when Troy Hunt, the owner of the popular breach notification service, Have I Been Pwned, wrote about the massive data leak […]
Bitwarden users have a number of options already when it comes to signing-in to their vaults. They can use a master password and improve security by adding a two-factor authentication option to the process. Supported are two-factor authentication providers and apps among other things. ADVERTISEMENT Now, there is also the option to create a passkey […]
LastPass is making some changes to enhance the security of its to user accounts. The news comes as a follow-up to the company’s plans to enforce stronger passwords a few months ago. ADVERTISEMENT A brief recap of the LastPass security breaches LastPass has had a disastrous couple of years following two major data breaches that […]