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GUEST RESEARCH - The BANSHEE malware is a macOS-based infostealer that targets system information, browser data, and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Norwegian firm Vivaldi, which produces a browser of the same name, has released feature-packed end-of-year versions for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Google appears to have begun warning YouTube users who have ad blockers in their browsers when they try to access videos on the site.

Vivaldi users will now be able to use Bing Chat after the Norwegian company behind the browser added a tweak to allow the bypassing of restrictions on using the chat app.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released an updated version of its browser, claiming that Vivaldi 6.0 will radically change the user experience on the desktop.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released a new version of its browser for Android, 5.2, with one of the new features being a Reading List where links for looking at later can be saved and synced across devices.

Back in October 2020, Microsoft released a version of its Edge browser for Linux, which I thought was a pretty decent effort.

GUEST OPINION by Luke Smith, Regional Account Director, Barracuda MSP:  As Australian businesses plan for the year ahead, many are grappling with the best way to manage a constantly evolving IT security threat landscape. Indeed, research finds 83% of SMBs in Australia feel exposed to cyber threats and the figure is even higher for SMBs in New Zealand at 87%.

The Brave browser will no longer provide Google as its default search engine, instead replacing it with Brave Search, its own homegrown search offering, the company behind the browser says.

Search giant Google has been forced to patch yet another zero-day in its Chrome browser, the fourth this year, but the company has not provided any indicators of compromise or other details n its advisory.

Users of the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers have been told that they need not hold too many fears over a one-day vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by the two applications, but should still patch as and when patches were made available.

The Brave browser will not support Google's experimental new technology for ad targeting, known as Federated Learning of Cohorts, two senior officials from the organisation behind the browser say.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released a version of its latest browser for the M1 Macs that it claims is twice as fast as that for the regular Macs.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has added a novel feature to its browser – a second level in the tab bar for managing tab groups, what it calls Two-Level Tab Stacks.

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.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released a new version of its browser of the same name for the desktop user, with a number of new features.

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released a new version of its browser for the Android mobile operating system, which it says has added WebRTC leak protection and auto-clearing of browsing data upon exit.

An alliance of British businesses, that is campaigning to stop Google from allegedly controlling the open Web, has asked the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to delay the release of technology by the search firm that is claimed to be able to cement its alleged dominance of online business.

Two zero-day bugs in Google's Chrome browser, both of which were being exploited in the wild, have been fixed, according to the company's Project Zero technical lead Ben Hawkes.