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Microsoft, Google do a victory lap around passkeys

Windows giant extends passwordless tech to everyone else Microsoft today said it will now let us common folk — not just commercial subscribers — sign into their Microsoft accounts and apps using passkeys with their face, fingerprint, or device PIN.…

Fri May 3, 2024 02:15
Prof sues Meta to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook

You've got to fight for your right to personalize A professor has asked the US courts to confirm he has the right to release a browser extension to help people disengage with Facebook by automatically changing certain settings.…

Fri May 3, 2024 01:54
Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military

Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force Miami resident Onur Aksoy has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for running a multi-million-dollar operation selling fake Cisco equipment that ended up in the US military.…

Fri May 3, 2024 00:05
Patch up – 4 critical bugs in ArubaOS lead to remote code execution

Ten vulnerabilities in total for admins to apply Network admins are being urged to patch a bundle of critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS that lead to remote code execution as a privileged user.…

Thu May 2, 2024 23:36
More than 24 vulnerabilities fixed in Xiaomi, Google Android flavors … slowly

Oversecure details bugs spotted and stamped since private disclosure Oversecured, a business that scans mobile apps for security issues, says it has identified more than two dozen vulnerabilities over the past few years affecting Android apps from smartphone maker Xiaomi and Google's Android Open Source Project (AOSP).…

Thu May 2, 2024 23:07
Huawei's hidden hand in optics research competition shocks scholars

US universities awarded money from a company they had severed ties with Huawei secretly sponsored an optics technology research competition run by the Optica Foundation, and donated at least a million dollars to the organization.…

Thu May 2, 2024 21:55

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