Day: February 25, 2020

Firefox To Enable DNS-over-HTTPS by Default To US Users

Mozilla will bring its new DNS-over-HTTPS security feature to all Firefox users in the U.S. by default in the coming weeks, the browser maker has confirmed. From a report: It follows a year-long effort to test the new security feature, which aims to make browsing the web more secure and private. Whenever you visit a…


Password killer FIDO2 comes bounding into Azure Active Directory hybrid environments

A preview of muddy paws all over your on-prem resources, or a passwordless future? Hybrid environments can now join the preview party for FIDO2 support in Azure Active Directory.… …read more Source:: Register


Lustre HPC file systems no longer disappear in a puff on Amazon Web Services – but you’ll pay more

Throughput boosted and encryption in transit added to temporary counterparts AWS has added persistent file systems for its FSx Lustre storage service, which lets you use a high-performance clustered file system on demand.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


How schools are using kids’ phones to track and surveil them – CNET

The technology used in a number of prisons is tracking students now too. …read more Source:: CNet


Samsung Cops To Data Breach After Unsolicited ‘1/1’ Find My Mobile Push Notification

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Samsung has admitted that what it calls a “small number” of users could indeed read other people’s personal data following last week’s unexplained Find my Mobile notification. Several Register readers wrote in to tell us that, after last Thursday’s mystery push notification, they found strangers’ personal…


Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode 1 recap: The Bad Batch blazes into action on Disney Plus – CNET

The droid-crushing, clone trooper-centric first episode of Season 7 hit on Friday, and executive producer Dave Filoni offered a look behind the scenes on Monday. …read more Source:: CNet


Google patches Chrome zero-day under active attacks

This is the third Chrome zero-day discovered being exploited in the wild in the past year. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Microsoft uses its expertise in malware to help with fileless attack detection on Linux

Aw, how generous Hey, Linux fans! Microsoft has got your back over fileless threats. Assuming you’ve bought into the whole Azure Security Center thing.… …read more Source:: Register


Nation’s youngest engineers further Army drone ambitions

High school and college age engineers are designing drone components for an Army-sponsored contest. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Credit Karma’s enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn

That’ll be good for their credit rating Financial software behemoth Intuit – owner of QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint – is splashing more than $7bn to get hold of Credit Karma and its 100 million customers.… …read more Source:: TheRegister