Fediverse Canard • 8mo ago • 100%

Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update

The fledgling Fediverse discovery hub takes a big step today, showcasing deeper integrations with Mastodon, and a developer API for communities.

News Canard • 9mo ago • 100%

Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election

William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won Taiwan’s presidential election, despite warnings from China – which claims Taiwan as part of its territory – not to vote for him.

Webauthn (Passkeys) are only going to become more important in the future and as this grows, deployments with higher security risks and criticality are going to need to start to understand and embrace attestation of their keys. In their current form, almost all software products and IDM's today allow you to enroll any cryptographic authenticator. It doesn't matter what make or model it is, it will be allowed. However, not all authenticators are made equal. They each have different properties, security features, and some even have security issues affecting their hardware or software. Because webauthn is a self contained multiple factor authenticator, this means we need to be even more careful to ensure these devices are secure.

Security researchers developed a new attack, which they named AutoSpill, to steal account credentials on Android during the autofill operation.

Windows laptop manufacturers will likely need to fix this one.

A new login technique is becoming available in 2023: the passkey. The passkey promises to solve phishing and prevent password reuse. But lots of smart and security-oriented folks are confused about what exactly a passkey is. There’s a good reason for that. A passkey is in some sense one of two (or three) different things, depending on how it’s stored.

Threat actors are doubling down on brand impersonation by using lookalike domain names.

Passphrases are a great way to protect your online accounts and digital identity. But what is a passphrase?

Experts estimate that 30 million cubic metres of water were released into Derna after the dams broke.

Devastating floods in Libya broke dams and swept away entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 5,000 people.

The ambitious rail and shipping project, which is seen as a counter to China’s economic clout, announced at G20 summit.

The earthquake struck late on Friday evening with the epicentre 75km west of Marrakesh, a major economic centre.

Daniel Huigens, the head of Proton’s cryptography team, explains how the latest crypto refresh makes PGP more secure.

Scientists blame ever warming human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.