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Microsoft has addressed 147 CVEs in its Patch Tuesday release for April, including three critical vulnerabilities.

Gen's free Norton Secure Browser helps protect consumers from browser-based security, privacy and identity threats, according to the company.

Apple has released macOS Ventura 13.5, Monterey 12.6.8 and Big Sur 11.7.9.

GUEST RESEARCH: WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its latest Internet Security Report, detailing the top malware trends and network and endpoint security threats analysed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers in Q1 2023. Key findings from the data show phishers leveraging browser-based social engineering strategies, new malware with ties to nation states, high amounts of zero day malware, living-off-the-land attacks on the rise, and more. This edition of the report also features a new, dedicated section for the Threat Lab team's quarterly ransomware tracking and analysis.

Business software provider Zoho has launched its own browser. Ulaa is said to universally block tracking and website surveillance.

Microsoft's Edge browser's PDF handling capability is being enhanced by the incorporation of Adobe's Acrobat PDF engine.

Microsoft has debuted a new version of its Bing search engine using AI technology from OpenAI, along with an update to the Edge browser that can summarise and help create content.

GUEST RESEARCH: WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced findings from its most recent Internet Security Report, which details the top malware trends and network security threats analysed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers in Q2 2022. Key findings from the data include a reduction in overall malware detections from the peaks seen in the first half of 2021, an increase in threats for Chrome and Microsoft Office, the ongoing Emotet botnet resurgence, and much more.

GUEST OPINION: Cybercriminals are making use of privileged access credentials for almost half of all attacks undertaken within the Microsoft ecosystem.

Vivaldi, the first browser for Android Automotive OS and one of the first full-featured browsers available in cars, is now available for the Polestar 2 electric car.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, has called for measures addressing Google’s dominance in search engine services, including a choice screen that provides consumers with a selection of search engines, to be introduced in Australia.

Adobe's new Acrobat extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge provide what the company claims is the most comprehensive set of PDF tools.

The Bureau of Meteorology has started blocking the text browsers lynx and w3m from accessing its website, preventing many sight-impaired readers from using the site.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published an issues paper on the impact of default settings for search engines and browsers on mobile devices, and is seeking submissions from consumers and the industry.

If you're still using the old version of the Edge browser that shipped with earlier versions of Windows 10, you'll soon be upgraded to the new version, with the old no longer supported and set to be uninstalled.

Security vendor Avast has identified malware hidden in at least 25 third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions. These extensions are associated with big-name sites including Instagram and Facebook.

If Apple didn't release a new version of macOS each year, you'd probably think of Big Sur as just an update rather than a significantly new version.

Ninety percent of the Australia’s credential abuse attacks are delivered from within Australia via local ISP networks, according to a new study which also found that a growing number of internationally-based cybercriminals are routing attacks via homegrown networks.

Mozilla, the organisation that produces the Firefox browser and makes a loud noise about its open source credentials, is quietly collecting telemetry data on its users by the use of hidden add-ons, even though publicly visible telemetry controls are not selected.

COMMENT I'm using the excellent 1Blocker software on my 13-inch MacBook Retina 2013 model, and it ensures I can have my usual suite of too many tabs open without too slow performance.