How apps and extensions affect your browsing
Google has announced the newest version of the Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool, which helps developers debug apps and extensions, and power users to see which …
Google unveils source code for Chrome encryption extension
Google has made publicly available the source code for a new Chrome extension that helps users encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign, and verify signed messages within the browser …
Safari to include privacy-protecting search engine
Apple announced the inclusion of DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn’t track its users, in the future versions of Safari on iOS and OS X. This makes DuckDuckGo the …
CERN, MIT scientists launch Swiss-based secure webmail
Last week marked the beta release of yet another encrypted, secure email service, and interest for it was so overwhelming that its developers had to temporarily close the …
Still no patch for 7-month-old IE8 zero-day flaw
HP’s Zero Day Initiative has published details about a zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 which the Redmond giant apparently has no intention …
Recently patched IE 0-day abused in APT attacks
When Microsoft issued an out-of-band security update to patch the zero day Internet Explorer vulnerability on May 1, it was revealed by researchers from security company …
New browser hijacker/click fraud malware threatens Windows users
In its latest Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft has noted that malware designed to make money for the attacker via click fraud, performing Bitcoin mining, and …
EFF invites users to test online tracking blocker
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is on a mission: give users a tool that will help them disallow/block trackers contained within the Web pages they visit. They have been …
Apple releases Safari 7.0.3, fixes security
Apple updated Safari for Mavericks to version 7.0.3, while fixing security and adding compatibility and stability improvements. The update is available through the software …
Comparative analysis of browser security
NSS Labs released the results and analysis from its latest Browser Security Comparative Analysis Report which evaluated the ability of eight leading browsers – Apple …
SSL innovations
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2014, Wayne Thayer, the General Manager of Security Products at GoDaddy and a member of the CA Security Council, compares and …
Criminals rush to exploit IE 0-day before the announced fix
Last week Microsoft has announced that today’s Patch Tuesday will include a fix for the critical IE zero-day vulnerability that was found exploited in watering hole …
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