Security News

New Authentication Standard Coming to Major Web Browsers
2018-04-11 14:09

Web browsers from Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla will soon provide users with a new, password-less authentication standard built by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and...

Microsoft Patches Two Dozen Critical Flaws in Windows, Browsers
2018-04-10 19:28

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for April 2018 resolve a total of 66 vulnerabilities, including nearly two dozen critical issues affecting Windows and the company’s web browsers. read more

5 common browser security threats, and how to handle them
2018-04-06 13:20

Web browsers are designed to store information for your convenience, but that information can also fall into the wrong hands. Here are some simple tips for preventing that situation.

One solution to wreck privacy-hating websites: Flood them with bogus info using browser tools
2018-04-01 00:00

Call for software to throw badly behaved biz in fake data tar pits Ad and JavaScript blocking is not enough to thwart privacy invasions by the likes of Facebook: more active countermeasures are needed.…

Microsoft Patches Over Dozen Critical Browser Flaws
2018-03-13 20:36

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 fix a total of 75 vulnerabilities, including more than a dozen critical flaws affecting the company’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers. All...

Exploiting the User PII Held in Everyone's Web Browser
2018-03-07 20:28

Browsers are the single most used application today. Everyone uses at least one browser, whether in the office or at home. But not everyone realizes just how much personal data is left hanging...

Criminals can build Web dossiers with data collected by browsers
2018-03-06 19:37

Everybody knows by now that websites collect information about users’ location, visited pages, and other data that can help them improve or monetize the experience. But just a small minority of...

Ad Network Circumvents Ad-Blocking Tools To Run In-Browser Cryptojacker Scripts
2018-03-01 17:40

Researchers say cyrptojackers are bypassing ad-blocking software in an attempt to run in-browser cyrptocurrency miner Coinhive.

Ad Network Performs In-Browser Cryptojacking
2018-02-27 19:43

An ad network provider is performing in-browser Coinhive cryptojacking on websites that use its service, 360 Netlab security researchers warn. read more

Cryptocurrency Miners: How to Shield Browsers From Bad Guys
2018-02-15 11:48

Browsealoud Subversion Points To Larger Trust Issues With Third-Party CodeAttackers recently snuck cryptomining code onto thousands of websites by inserting it into a third-party accessibility...