Security News

Analytics services are tracking users via Chrome extensions (Help Net Security)
2015-11-23 14:46

It's quite possible that, despite your belief that the Google Chrome is the safest browser there is and your use of extensions that prevent tracking, your online movements are still being tracked. ...

Week in review: Mainframe security, cross-device tracking, and how online fraud will evolve in 2016 (Help Net Security)
2015-11-23 07:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, interviews and articles: Android adware tricks users into giving it power to secretly download other apps Lookout researchers dis...

Cross-device tracking via imperceptible audio beacons threatens user privacy (Help Net Security)
2015-11-17 07:19

As consumers use multiple devices through the day, and tracking cookies become increasingly less effective, the advertising industry is looking for new ways to track users' online behavior. As the...

Mozilla Embraces Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox 42 (Threatpost)
2015-11-05 18:13

Mozilla has pushed a feature in Firefox live that allows Firefox web browsers to block certain page elements while browsing privately.

Tracking Connected Vehicles (Schneier on Security)
2015-10-29 11:33

Researchers have shown that it is both easy and cheap to surveil connected vehicles. The second link talks about various anonymization techniques, none of which I am optimistic about....