Getting rid of browser notifications
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:44:54 +0000
We explain how not to drown in the stream of annoying browser push notifications — or even kiss them goodbye.
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Mozilla to add password manager, hack alert to Firefox 70
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Mozilla plans bake its Lockwise password manager into Firefox 70, the upgrade now set to launch Oct. 22.
At the same time, the browser will also be more tightly integrated with Firefox Monitor, which will provide warnings to users when their saved passwords have been revealed by a data hack.
According to Firefox bug reports and project documentation, Lockwise will automatically record username-and-password pairs, generate complex passwords on demand, identify victimized accounts and instruct users to change any passwords that have leaked.
9 steps to lock down corporate browsers
Credit to Author: Peter Wayner| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Everyone in the enterprise loves the web browser when it’s delivering news, email, documentation, and sales leads. With the shift to web apps, it’s arguably the most important installed software on any corporate desktop. But the internet is filled with people who aren’t nice — sometimes even dangerous — and the same browser can also bring viruses, rootkits, and worse. Even if the browser sits on a little-used desktop in a dusty corner with no access to sensitive information, an attacker can use the seemingly unimportant machine as a stepping stone.
Keeping your users’ browsers secure is essential. The browser companies work hard to block the attackers by sealing the back doors, side doors, and cracks in between, but that isn’t always enough. Some useful features have dark sides, and enterprises can increase security dramatically by shutting down or tightly limiting access to these options.
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Read moreMozilla takes swipe at Chrome with 'Track THIS' project
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:28:00 -0700
Mozilla this week touted Firefox’s anti-ad tracking talents by urging users of other browsers to load 100 tabs to trick those trackers into offering goods and services suitable for someone in the 1%, an end-times devotee and other archetypes.
Tagged as “Track THIS,” the only-semi-tongue-in-cheek project lets users select from four personas – including “hypebeast,” “filthy rich,” “doomsday prepper,” and “influencer” – for illustrative purposes. Track THIS then opens 100 tabs “to fool trackers into thinking you’re someone else.”
Google asks Chrome users for help in spotting deceptive sites
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:46:00 -0700
Google this week asked for help in identifying suspicious websites, offering users of its Chrome browser an add-on that lets them rat out URLs.
The Suspicious Site Reporter, which can be added to desktop Chrome, places a new flag-style icon on the top bar of the browser. “By clicking the icon, you’re now able to report unsafe sites to Safe Browsing for further evaluation,” Emily Schechter, a Chrome product manager, wrote in a Tuesday post to a company blog.
Safe Browsing is the name of the technology used by Google’s search engine, Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari, and Android to steer users away from sites that host malicious or deceptive content. On the back end, Google uses robots to scan the web and build a list of websites that host malware, harmful downloads or deceptive ads and pages. Software developers can then plug into an API to integrate this list into their own applications, something rival browser makers have done for years.
A week in security (June 3 – 9)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:30:58 +0000
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| A weekly roundup of security news from June 3–9, including Magecart, breaches, hyperlink auditing, Bluekeep, FTC, and facial recognition. Categories: Tags: botnetbrowserschinacryptominingdata leaksfacial recognitionfbiFTCmicrosoftvulnerabilityweb browsers |
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Read moreMozilla makes anti-tracking the Firefox default
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:43:00 -0700
Mozilla this week began to switch on an aggressive anti-tracking technology in Firefox that it has touted since 2015.
With a June 4 update to Firefox 67, Mozilla turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) by default for new users. Existing customers simply updating their browsers may enable ETP themselves. The default-of-on will be extended to those users “in the coming months,” Mozilla said, apparently activating it in stages as a last-step quality control.
Mozilla also used the update to Firefox 67.0.1 to trumpet other privacy- and security-centric enhancements, including an add-on that brings its Lockwise password manager to the desktop browser and an improved Facebook Container, an extension designed to keep the social network behemoth from tracking users elsewhere on the web.
Hyperlink auditing: where has my option to disable it gone?
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:59:17 +0000
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| Hyperlink auditing is not a new way to track website users, but it could become more popular, as many browsers are taking away user options to disable it. Categories: Tags: browserschromedisable trackingEdgefirefoxHMTLHTML5hyperlink auditinglinkoperapingsafaritracktrackingurl |
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