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MarioNET attack lets hackers control your browser, even after you leave the attack page
The rise of web technologies opened up new possibilities on the Internet. Browsers have become more powerful as new APIs landed and support for certain features was introduced.
A new attack, called MarioNET by the researchers that discovered it, highlights that APIs may also be abused if no proper safeguards are in place (which is the case right now).
Microsoft bringing PC and Xbox gaming closer together
Remember the mysterious test that Microsoft wanted Windows 10 Insider Build testers to run recently without revealing anything about it?
Microsoft wanted users to report any issues found during the installation and launch of State of Decay, but did not reveal any information other than that.
Turns out that Microsoft could have had testers install the Xbox One version of State of Decay, or at least a large part of it, on the Windows 10 device.
microSD Express format and 1TB microSD cards incoming
Today was a big day for the future of microSD cards. The SD Association unveiled the new microSD Express format, and the companies Micron and SanDisk the first 1 Terabyte microSD cards. In other words: more storage and a new standard promising faster transfer rates and reduced power consumption.
The new microSD Express format supports devices with PCIe 3.1 and NVMe 1.3 interfaces, and offers transfer speeds of up to 985 MB per second. The transfer rate matches that of SD Express cards.
Windows 10 1903: support for filenames and folders with beginning dot character
The next feature update for Windows 10, Windows 10 version 1903, will support filenames and folders that begin with a dot character in Explorer.
The news may not be super exciting for users of Linux or other operating systems that supported filenames or folders with dots in the beginning for decades, but for Windows, it is certainly a milestone.
When you try to create a filename or folder that begins with a dot character, you may notice that Windows won't allow that filename or folder to be picked for the file if you use Explorer to do so.
Google Chrome may get a Focus Mode soon
Google added a new experimental flag to Chrome Canary recently called Focus Mode. Chrome Canary is the cutting edge development version of Google Chrome; new features land in Canary first before they are moved to Developer, Beta, and Stable versions of the web browser.
Focus Mode is a brand new feature and it appears that it is not fully implemented yet. The description reveals little, "If enabled, allows the user to switch to Focus Mode", and there is no switch or option to access the mode yet.
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How to remove DarkMatter Certificates from Firefox
Cyber-security company DarkMatter, based in the United Arab Emirates, applied to become a top-level certificate authority in Mozilla's root certificate program recently.
Certificates are a cornerstone of today's Internet; HTTPS ensures that communication is encrypted. A company in control of a root CA could potentially decrypt traffic that it has access to.
Learn Languages with Google Translate for Chrome
Learn Languages with Google Translate is a browser extension for Google Chrome that combines Google's translation service with options to record and practice vocabulary.
The extension is maintained by Wordeys and available as a free limited version and paid subscription-based versions.
Add custom search engines to Firefox
Add custom search engine is a free extension for the Firefox web browser to add any search engine to the Firefox web browser.
Firefox users have quite a few options when it comes to adding search providers to the web browser: add them on Mozilla AMO, run searches on sites to have them added, use the search bar to add Open Search search engines, or use the Mycroft Project website to do so.
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How Windows Sandbox config files work
Microsoft is working on Windows Sandbox, a sandboxed environment for the Windows operating system, currently.
The feature is being tested in Windows 10 Insider Builds currently and it is possible that Windows Sandbox will find its way into Windows 10 version 1903.
The initial version of Windows Sandbox was quite basic: users could launch it on Windows 10 devices and use it, but that was about the scope of it.
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TekBits News
- Microsoft brings Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection to Windows 7 and 8.1
- MarioNET attack lets hackers control your browser, even after you leave the attack page
- Microsoft bringing PC and Xbox gaming closer together
- microSD Express format and 1TB microSD cards incoming
- Windows 10 1903: support for filenames and folders with beginning dot character
- Google Chrome may get a Focus Mode soon
- How to remove DarkMatter Certificates from Firefox
- Learn Languages with Google Translate for Chrome
- Add custom search engines to Firefox
- How Windows Sandbox config files work
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