Researchers steal encryption keys stored in smart cards and smartphones by video recording the devices' power LEDs, with some significant real-world limitations
Key-leaking side channels are a fact of life. Now they can be done by video-recording power LEDs.
Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins raise concerns over Google's new .zip and .mov TLDs, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing and malware
Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google's new ZIP and MOV Internet domains …
A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential
the only platform that actually supports Safari *and* competing browsers. @satefan : An open letter to Tim Cook signed by all iOS browsers builders (big and small), an alliance, wr...
After suspending withdrawals on Friday, Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” on repayments of “some debts”, helping ease its liquidity
- Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” with major counterparties “on the repayment period of some debts.”
Bitcoin fell to under $18K on Saturday, below its $19,511 high during its 2017 bull cycle, as ether dropped below $1K; both are down 70%+ since November 2021
what this means Robert Reich / The Guardian : The Crypto Crash: all Ponzi schemes topple eventually Hudson Lockett / Financial Times : Celsius warns it will ‘take time’ to stabilis...
Google lowers Play Store subscription fees to 15% and fees for ebooks and on-demand music streaming services to “as low as 10%”; IAP cut seems to be unaffected
here are the details Sareena Dayaram / CNET : Google to cut Play Store fees for subscription-based apps next year Chris Wallace / MCV/DEVELOP : Google cuts the Play Store subscript...
Google says Chrome 91 has 23% faster performance thanks to Sparkplug, a new non-optimizing compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine
a non-optimizing JavaScript compiler Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Google details code optimization tech behind Chrome's latest 23% speed boost Michael Perrigo / Chrome Unboxed ...
Google says it is speeding up the Chrome release cycle and will ship a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six weeks
Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle …
Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update
update now Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek : Google Chrome, Microsoft IE Zero-Days in Crosshairs Gareth Corfield / The Register : Chrome zero-day bug that is actively being abused by b...
Brave becomes the first major browser to natively support IPFS protocol, useful for accessing censored content; Wikipedia and other sites offer IPFS versions
Brave users will now be able to seamlessly access ipfs:// links. — With the release of Brave 1.19 today …
Report: since January, a group has been hijacking Tor exit relay nodes to perform SSL stripping attacks, peaking in May when the group ran 23.95% of all nodes
namely multiple bitcoin mixer services. They replaced bitcoin addresses in HTTP traffic to redirect transactions to their wallets instead of the user provided bitcoin address.” htt...
IBM Cloud says it has resolved issues that resulted in a major outage, impacting customers including Techmeme
The IBM Cloud is currently suffering a major outage, and with that, multiple services that are hosted on the platform are also down, including everybody's favorite tech news aggreg...
64-core AMD Threadripper 3990X CPU review: great for rendering and scientific computing but has the same performance as AMD's 32-core CPU for other applications
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Documents reveal that Avast has sold its users' internet browsing data, through a subsidiary called Jumpshot, to clients like Pepsi, Google, and Microsoft
An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data …
Google rolls out Chrome 79 adding security features like notifications for data breaches affecting users' passwords, new phishing prevention tools, tab freezing
Chrome 79 also ships with support for predictive phishing, for real-time Safe Browsing detections, and a built-in Password Checkup tool.
Opera 64 desktop browser launches with inbuilt tracking protection using the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, a powerful screenshot tool, and more
Jon Fingas / Engadget :