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| | | | | Avast Won't Sell Data to Jumpshot Anymore | | Mashable | Avast will stop selling user data to its subsidiary Jumpshot, the company announced Thursday. The decision follows a joint investigation from PCMag and VICE's Motherboard into the way Avast's free anti-virus software was harvesting user data and how that supposedly anonymized data could be linked back to specific users. | | Cost of Insider Threats Rises 31% | | Infosecurity | New research released by the Ponemon Institute reveals a dramatic increase in both the frequency of insider threats and their financial cost to businesses since 2018. The report, "2020 Cost of Insider Threats: Global," shows that the average global cost of insider threats rose by 31% in two years to $11.45m, and the frequency of incidents spiked by 47% in the same time period. | | Why You Should Consider Switching To The New Edge Browser | | Forbes | Microsoft released its Edge browser alongside Windows 10 back in 2015. The browser was still years behind Chrome and Firefox in terms of extensions, performance, and browser features and has always been in the infamous shadow of what was Internet Explorer. This time around, Microsoft’s new Edge browser is built on the open-sourced browser project Chromium and that is a very good thing. | | The Fractured Future of Browser Privacy | | Wired | Better anti-tracking measures have become the norm for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other modern browsers. But they still disagree on how exactly they should work. |
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| | | 5 Cybersecurity Trends for 2020 | | CIO Dive | Cybersecurity is a thankless job, where success is measured by silence and mishaps make headlines. Cybercriminals are evolving their tactics as the security industry grapples with cyberattack response and weighs the merits of paying ransoms. With malware strains morphing into new threats and regulators dutifully watching for errors, companies are counting on their infosec teams more than ever. Here are the cybersecurity trends to watch in 2020. | | Wi-Fi 6 Is Here: Should You Upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 in 2020? | | How-To Geek | Wi-Fi 6 hardware is here. You can buy routers, smartphones, and laptops that support the latest generation of Wi-Fi today. At CES 2020, we saw many more Wi-Fi 6 devices announced. You might actually get some Wi-Fi 6 hardware this year—but is it worth the upgrade? |
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