Tag: Browser

January 26, 2018

The end of net neutrality might mean third-party browser tracking, the deprivatization of online transactions, spyware on your phone, and more. At least that’s what Dr. Kenneth Williams claims. Williams is director of the American Public University System (APUS) Center […]

January 3, 2018

The last year has seen a rise in the number of websites hogging visitor’s CPU and browser resources by surreptitiously mining for cryptocurrencies while you surf. Sites like Pirate Bay have found themselves in hot water after visitors discovered it […]

January 2, 2018

Mozilla published an unexpected security patch this week, bumping Firefox up to version 57.0.3. (You probably weren’t expecting a browser update between Christmas and New Year, but it’s good to know that security fixes don’t take second place in holiday season.) […]

November 15, 2017

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November address more than 50 vulnerabilities, including 20 critical flaws affecting the company’s web browsers. A total of 53 CVE identifiers have been assigned to the security bugs addressed by Microsoft this month. None of […]

September 19, 2017

Researchers have analyzed Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, and found Chrome to be the most resilient against attacks. “Modern web browsers such as Chrome or Edge improved security in recent years. Exploitation of vulnerabilities is certainly more complex […]

August 30, 2017

Security researchers have discovered two vulnerabilities that impact the extension systems of major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. In a paper presented at the USENIX Security Symposium in Canada earlier this month, Iskander Sanchez-Rola and Igor Santos from […]

March 16, 2017

When WhatsApp switched on end-to-end encryption for its billion-plus users last year, the move heralded a new era for messaging apps, one where foiling virtually all eavesdropping represents the new security standard. But a pair of new attacks on the […]

February 24, 2017

Over 90% of undetected attacks come through the web. In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Lance Cottrell, Chief Scientist at Ntrepid, talks about Passages, a secure virtual browser that provides complete protection from web-based attacks. With Passages, users […]

January 18, 2017

Unfortunately, often in the digital environment what makes things faster and easier is riddled with cyber security risks. This time, it is about the autofill feature. Finish specialist Viljami Kuosmanen illustrated how easy it is for third parties to get […]

January 10, 2017

Brave is an open source project that promises to block Internet greed and ugliness while improving speed and protecting privacy. Basically, it blocks ads containing pixels and cookies that track users and load stuff onto their devices without their knowledge. Brave […]

December 30, 2016

Support for Windows XP and Vista will be removed from Firefox, currently the last major web browser out there to still support the two outdated operating system versions. In a blog post just before Christmas, Mozilla announced plans to automatically […]

November 17, 2016

Mozilla addressed 29 vulnerabilities, three rated critical, when it released the latest iteration of its flagship browser, Firefox 50 and Firefox ESR 45.5, on Tuesday. Firefox developers said this week that it might take some effort, but at least two […]

September 27, 2016

One of the biggest security risks for computer users is their web browser. According to Microsoft, 90 percent of phishing emails use the browser to initiate attacks, which can then be used to help attackers establish a beachhead inside a […]

September 14, 2016

Microsoft announced on Tuesday the availability of 13 security bulletins that patch 50 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Exchange. The company said one of the browser flaws has been exploited in the wild. Two of the bulletins […]

July 27, 2016

Researchers discovered that an SSL flaw in Amazon’s Silk web browser could have been exploited by hackers to monitor users’ search engine traffic. Amazon Silk is a Chromium-based cloud-accelerated web browser developed for the company’s Kindle Fire tablets and Fire […]

July 13, 2016

The number of Internet users has been growing steadily, and now stands at nearly 3.5 billion. And despite the growing popularity of mobile devices and specialized apps, the Internet browser is still the most popular medium for interacting with the […]

May 13, 2016

Mozilla is pressing the government to disclose a possible security vulnerability in its Firefox web browser that helped the FBI track down visitors to a child pornography site. The vulnerability is at the center of a case in the Western […]

February 19, 2016

Recent news reports, for example, warned users that they should get rid of adware apps Mintcast 3.0.1 and Shell&Services, which not only display unwanted pop-up ads, but also switch off safe browsing in Firefox. Of course this opens up your […]

October 19, 2015

Security researchers have discovered a fiendish form of #browser malware that stands in for your copy of Google Chrome and hopes you won’t notice the difference. As reported by PCRisk, the “#efast browser” works by installing and running itself in […]

August 27, 2015

Source photo Microsoft’s new Edge #browser, which is built into #windows 10, has a lot to offer, including the ability to annotate Web pages and work with Cortana — the Windows version of Apple’s Siri voice assistant. It also loads […]