Day: April 22, 2020

Stripe is absolutely logging your mouse movements on websites’ payment pages – for your own good, says CEO

Online transaction biz intends to clarify its analytics harvesting habit Stripe CEO Patrick Collison insists his company’s collection of e-commerce customers’ site interactions, mouse metrics, and identifiers is solely for fighting fraud – though he allows that the payment platform’s disclosure could be better.… …read more Source:: Register


Google video chat now supports 16-head grid view – CNET

Bigger Brady Bunch-style chats are now supported on Google’s web client. …read more Source:: CNet


IBM Cloud Data Shield Brings Confidential Computing to Public Cloud

The Cloud Data Shield relies on confidential computing, which protects data while it’s in use by enterprise applications. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Fast-Moving DDoS Botnet Exploits Unpatched ZyXel RCE Bug

The rapidly evolving Hoaxcalls botnet is exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in the ZyXEL Cloud CNM SecuManager in a bid to widen its spread. …read more Source:: Threatpost


After intense scrutiny, Zoom tightens up security with version 5. New features include not, er, leaking video, phone calls to network snoops

No dog-eared National Geographic for those left in the virtual waiting room Zoom’s ongoing game of whack-a-mole with security bugs in its code continued today with the imminent emission of version 5, replete with support for 256-bit AES-GCM encryption.… …read more Source:: Register


NSA Issues Guidance for Combating Web Shell Malware

The US intelligence agency teamed up with Australian Signals Directorate in newly released information on how to protect Web servers from the malware. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Milan Announces Ambitious Scheme To Reduce Car Use After Lockdown

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Milan is to introduce one of Europe’s most ambitious schemes reallocating street space from cars to cycling and walking, in response to the coronavirus crisis. The northern Italian city and surrounding Lombardy region are among Europe’s most polluted, and have also been especially hard hit by…


Add a 65-inch 4K HDR Roku TV to your media room for $600 – CNET

The Hisense 65R8F is back to its all-time low price on Amazon. …read more Source:: CNet


Quibi confirms you’ll start getting support to cast to TVs next month – CNET

Quibi launched as a mobile-only streaming service with star-packed shows, but almost immediately users complained you couldn’t watch on TVs. …read more Source:: CNet


11 Tips for Protecting Active Directory While Working from Home

To improve the security of your corporate’s network, protect the remote use of AD credentials. …read more Source:: DarkReading