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For businesses: Browsers with identity-based protection
For businesses: Browsers with identity-based protection MS - AI

Now it's available: The CyberArk Secure Browser for companies. It is the first browser to offer greater security and privacy with identity-based protection, combining both with a familiar, productive user experience. The CyberArk Secure Browser relies on intelligent permission controls and can be easily deployed on a variety of devices. It was developed specifically for a cloud-first world and enables secure access to on-premises resources and SaaS applications. The browser provides security teams with unparalleled visibility, control and governance, helping to prevent the misuse of compromised identities, devices and credentials...

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Browser attack: Acceleration through graphics card as a point of attack
Browser attack: Acceleration through graphics card as a point of attack MS - AI

Browser attack: Using a website with malicious JavaScript, researchers from the Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communication Technology at Graz University of Technology were able to spy on information about data, keyboard entries and encryption keys on third-party computers in three different attacks via WebGPU. Modern websites place ever greater demands on the computing power of computers. Therefore, in addition to the CPU of a computer, web browsers have also been given access to the computing capacity of the graphics card (Graphics Processing Unit or GPU) for several years. The JavaScript scripting language can use the resources of the GPU via programming interfaces such as WebGL and the new WebGPU standard. However, this carries risks. Researchers carry out browser attack on Crome, Edge & Co. WebGPU is currently…

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Enterprise browser with employee identity protection 
Enterprise browser with employee identity protection

The new CyberArk Secure Browser is the first of its kind. With its flexible, identity-based approach to employee and third-party access to company resources, it helps companies to better protect themselves from attacks. By 2030, enterprise browsers will be the core platform for delivering productivity and security software to managed and unmanaged devices because they enable frictionless hybrid ways of working. Browsers provide the critical link between identities, applications, and data, but this also makes them a popular target for cybercriminals — especially in distributed environments where employees of…

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Zero Day vulnerability in Google Chrome Browser
Zero Day vulnerability in Google Chrome Browser

As Tenable reports, a zero-day vulnerability has been found in Google's Chrome browser. Targeted attacks are expected, albeit more on people, such as journalists, in the Middle East. However, the weak points are by no means harmless. A comment by James Sebree, Senior Staff Research Engineer at Tenable. As early as 22.07.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX, several reports were published about a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome (and possibly Edge and Safari) that was exploited to attack journalists in the Middle East. Security company Avast linked the vulnerability to Candiru. Candiru has previously exploited previously unknown vulnerabilities,…

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Safe surfing with TightGate-Pro

m-privacy develops remote-controlled web browsers for maximum internet security in industry, healthcare and government. ProSoft presents safe surfing with TightGate-Pro, whereby the screen display of the browser is delivered as a video data stream. The use of the internet is an integral part of working life. However, safe surfing is now only possible to a limited extent, as cyber criminals specifically use the web browser to smuggle dangerous malware onto workstation computers. Under the slogan "Distance creates security", ProSoft is now presenting TightGate-Pro from m-privacy GmbH for secure surfing, which offers a new form of Internet security: With TightGate-Pro, the browser is set to highly hardened ...

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