Google tests new Chrome feature for thwarting rogue plugins
A new feature that has been added to Google Canary is set to help users remove changes effected by malware that switches their homepage or injects ads into the sites their …
Internet sites “fingerprint” users by secretly collecting browser info
A group of European researchers have released the results of their research into just how many of the most visited Internet websites track users without their knowledge with …
Patched IE zero-day and older flaw exploited in ongoing targeted attacks
With this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered the patch for the infamous Internet Explorer zero-day (CVE-2013-3893) that has been spotted being used in …
Microsoft hands out $128k in bug bounties
As the date of the release of the final version of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8 and RT draws near, Microsoft has announced that it has paid out over $28,000 to six …
BrowserCheck gets automated daily scanning and Mac support
Qualys released a new version of Qualys BrowserCheck, the free service that helps people keep their browsers and plug-ins up-to-date to protect against harmful online content …
Latest IE 0-day insight: Background, severity and solutions
This recently discovered Internet Explorer zero day vulnerability is bad. Users and administrators should take immediate action to mitigate the risk. Considering the timing, I …
Microsoft issued Fix it for actively exploited IE 0-day
Microsoft has yesterday unexpectedly released a security advisory warning users about instances of active exploitation of a vulnerability found in all supported versions of …
Firefox 24 delivers 17 security updates
Mozilla released Firefox 24, which includes 17 security updates: seven are critical, four high, and six moderate. Fixed in this version: MFSA 2013-92 GC hazard with default …
Chrome plugin aims to thwart user profiling efforts
Inspired by a piece of fictional software described in Cory Doctorow’s book Little Brother, developer Ben West created a browser plugin that should, in theory, make it …
Malicious ads lead to outdated adware-laden Firefox “update”
A series of Internet campaigns pushing bogus Firefox updates onto unwary users have been spotted by researchers, and among them is one that lures them in through “Green …
Internet Explorer best at malware and privacy protection
Back in May, NSS Labs shared the results of their testing of how successful popular Web browsers are in detecting malware, showing that the latest versions of Internet …
Opera infrastructure compromised, users hit with malicious update
A breach of the Opera Software internal infrastructure has resulted in the theft of an expired Opera code signing certificate and used it to sign a piece of malware, package …
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