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Virtually every desktop browser and adblocker can have its ad-tracking privacy or security bypassed by at least one software technique, a new study has found.

If you're concerned about Firefox being hijacked for cryptomining, Jack Wallen shows you how a simple add-on avoids it.

The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic.

A Pinterest browser button leaks malformed code into any browser-based text editor.

An extension used by about two million people has been pulled by Chrome and Firefox after it was found exfiltrating browsing data.

'Stylish' add-on made sites look pretty, but did ugly data slurpage Firefox and Chrome have removed a browser extension from their stores following revelations it was phoning home with users'...

Private tabs squeezed through anonymizing network taste like actual privacy Brave Software has updated its web browser so that its private mode actually supports privacy, or nearly – a few...

The planned threading in shared memory update gives bad actors a way around the timer mitigations released by browser vendors.

Security researchers have been warning of a few newly detected variants of python-based adware that are being distributed in the wild not only to inject ads but also found installing malicious...

Hands up who wants to sign up to receive advertising as they browse the internet? Probably no-one, and yet that's exactly what the new Brave browser is asking its users to do.