Security News

Warning: Critical Tor Browser Vulnerability Leaks Users’ Real IP Address—Update Now
2017-11-04 01:16

If you follow us on Twitter, you must be aware that since yesterday we have been warning Mac and Linux users of the Tor anonymity browser about a critical vulnerability that could leak their real...

Firefox Bolsters Privacy, Pulls Plug on Browser Canvas Fingerprinting
2017-10-31 18:15

Firefox is to stop using the privacy-busting canvas-based browser fingerprinting that allows websites to track users’ online activities.

Firefox to Block Canvas-based Browser Fingerprinting
2017-10-31 15:35

Firefox will soon provide users with increased privacy by blocking browser fingerprinting performed through the HTML5 canvas element. read more

Firefox 58 to Block Canvas Browser Fingerprinting By Default to Stop Online Tracking
2017-10-31 03:36

Do you know? Thousands of websites use HTML5 Canvas—a method supported by all major browsers that allow websites to dynamically draw graphics on web pages—to track and potentially identify users...

Firefox will soon block canvas-based browser fingerprinting attempts
2017-10-30 20:55

Starting with Firefox 58, users will be able to refuse websites’ requests for information extracted via the HTML5 canvas element, which can be used to fingerprint their browsers. What is browser...

Google Patches ‘High Severity’ Browser Bug
2017-10-27 16:28

Google began pushing out updates to its desktop browser Friday with a patch that repairs a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Malvertising Campaign Redirects Browsers To Terror Exploit Kit
2017-10-25 12:28

Hackers behind the Terror exploit kit ramp up distribution via a two-month long malvertising campaign.

Fuzzing Reveals Over 30 Web Browser Engine Flaws
2017-09-22 12:21

Fuzzing tests conducted on the most popular web browser engines by Google Project Zero revealed the existence of more than 30 vulnerabilities, more than half of which in Apple’s Safari. read more

What’s Triggers HTTPS Chrome Browser Warnings?
2017-09-20 18:20

Researchers combed through 2,000 Chrome error reports to better classify HTTPS error warnings.

The Pirate Bay Caught Running Browser-Based Cryptocurrency Miner
2017-09-19 01:23

The world's popular torrent download website, The Pirate Bay, has again been in a new controversy—this time over secretly planting an in-browser cryptocurrency miner on its website that utilizes...