An anonymous reader shares a report: Site Isolation is a modern browser security feature that works by separating each web page and web iframes in their own operating system process in order to prevent sites from tampering or stealing with each other’s data. The feature was first deployed with Google Chrome in mid-2018, with the…

A sophisticated “browser locker” campaign is spreading via Facebook, ultimately pushing a tech-support scam. The effort is more advanced than most, because it involves exploiting a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on a popular news site, researchers said. Browser lockers are a type of redirection attack where web surfers will click on a site, only to…

Up to 50,000 Office 365 users are being targeted by a phishing campaign that purports to notify them of a “missed chat” from Microsoft Teams. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Save on ThinkPads, a Yoga convertible and an affordable Legion gaming laptop. …read more Source:: CNet

You don’t need cable to watch Thursday’s action. …read more Source:: CNet

Hackers could tamper with ballots returned online. Security experts are tracking the systems in use by small groups today. …read more Source:: CNet

US lawmakers can look away now. Actually, don’t Amid grumbling from lawmakers, Microsoft has pushed out a fresh diversity report, sprinkling the odd “must try harder” among the corporate back slappery.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

With US sanctions taking their toll, a question mark hangs over the future of Huawei’s phone division. …read more Source:: CNet

Reader jkoebler writes: This is an in-depth, narrative investigation into Phantom Secure, a privacy-focused phone company that started selling locally to models and other VIPs, before eventually becoming a preferred network for serious, organized crime. One of Phantom’s clients was the Sinaloa Cartel, according to a text message Phantom’s owner Vincent Ramos sent to an…

Germany had been asking and pushing EU officials for an official statement and sanctions against Russia since earlier this year. …read more Source:: ZDNet