White House Backs ‘Consumer Bill of Rights’ for Online Privacy
The White House embraces browser-based do-not-track tools. FTC will gain enforcement authority as Commerce Department convenes stakeholders (including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo) to develop...
View ArticleDrive-by Download Risks
More than ten million people were exposed to drive-by download risks in February. Research from Barracuda Labs into the world’s top 25,000 websites discovered that one popular site will serve malicious...
View ArticleFirefox new tab feature exposes users’ secured info
According to The Register, privacy-conscious users have sounded the alarm after it emerged the New Tab thumbnail feature in Firefox 13 is “taking snapshots of the user’s HTTPS session content”. Firefox...
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Mozilla Firefox browser upgrade taken offline due to vulnerability
The latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser has been taken offline after a security vulnerability was discovered. Users who had upgraded to version 16 were advised to downgrade to the previous...
View ArticleOpera 12.17 is out
In light of the recently reported OpenSSL vulnerability, Heartbleed, Opera has released an update to its latest Opera Presto version 12.16. SigbjØrn Vik an Opera Developer discusses why the update was...
View ArticleVulnerability in Internet Explorer 6-11
Microsoft announces vulnerability in Internet Explorer web browser version’s 6-11. The vulnerability is a remote code execution vulnerability which if exploited can lead to hackers gaining access and...
View ArticleHackers are using a new phishing attack to steal Google users account passwords
Hackers are using a new phishing attack to steal Google users account passwords. The attack affects Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers primarily. A recent blog post from Bitdefender stated:...
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