Pwn2Own 2014 ends, $850k distributed to successful hackers
Day two of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at the CanSecWest Conference in Vancouver has ended with Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Flash going down. The Vupen team …
A solution for fixing hijacked Chrome settings
Many users – if not all – have experienced downloading a free screensaver or game without looking at the small print and consequently getting their browser …
Chrome bugs allow websites to listen in on your conversations
Several security flaws in the popular Google Chrome browser can be exploited to turn the computer into a surreptitious listening device, claims Israeli developer Tal Ater. As …
Ad-pushers buy Chrome add-ons, update them to inject ads
Google has a new problem: original add-on developers are being bought out by ad firms and their creations equipped with code serving ads to unsuspecting users. The practice …
Safari, Chrome and Samsung Galaxy S4 taken down in Mobile Pwn2Own
Results from the second annual Mobile Pwn2Own competition ending today at PacSec Applied Security Conference in Tokyo, Japan, are in: the successful compromises include …
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 …
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 …
Chrome not the only browser that stores plain-text passwords
When choosing to import his Safari bookmarks and settings into Google’s Chrome browser, software developer Elliot Kember discovered that although it seemed like he could …
Chrome, Firefox users targeted with account-hijacking plugins
Hijacked social networking accounts can be monetized in a number of ways, so cyber crooks are always thinking up new ways of doing so, preferably without the user noticing. …
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 …
Google implements malware scan for submissions to Chrome Web Store
Late last week, Google has announced that submissions to the Chrome Web Store will, from now on, be checked for malware. Mimicking the Android Bouncer program incorporated …
Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Facebook users – especially those in Brazil – are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft. So far, …