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Why you should try listening to your cookies

March 2, 2020 admin 36c3, ads, Browsers, CCC, Chaos Communication Congress, cookies, extensions, privacy, tracking

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:22:43 +0000

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 127

January 29, 2020 admin extensions, Firefox, microsoft, news, plugins, podcast, ransomware, TINDER

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:39:58 +0000

On this podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss an unsecured support server from Microsoft, Mozilla banning malicious extensions, Tinder sharing big data, and more.

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 admin adfraud, advertisements, Adware, extensions, hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, pups, results, search, search engine, search engine optimization, search engines, SEO, seo poisoning, sponsored

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000

We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

Categories:

PUPs

Tags: adfraud advertisements adware extensions hijackers potentially unwanted programs PUPs results search search engine search engine optimization search engines SEO seo poisoning sponsored

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How browser plugins can leak corporate secrets

September 6, 2019 admin Business, chrome, extensions, Firefox, leaks, Security, SMB, Threats

Credit to Author: Sergey Golubev| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:27:57 +0000

Chrome and Firefox extensions can collect your browsing history. Learn why this is dangerous and how to protect yourself.

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Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector

June 13, 2019 admin Adware, browser extensions, extensions, Facebook, Facebook spammer, fbspammer, notifications, plugin, plugins, PUP, pups, push notifications, search hijackers, Trojan, trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:36:14 +0000

Push notifications are being added to the arsenal of PUPs, adware, and even a Trojan browser extension that spams Facebook groups.

Categories:

Adware

Tags: adware browser extensions extensions facebook Facebook spammer fbspammer notifications plugin plugins PUP PUPs push notifications search hijackers trojan Trojans

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Chrome extensions abuse millions with adware

February 18, 2019 admin Adware, chrome, extensions, google, plugins, privacy, Threats

Credit to Author: Marina Mash| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:00:45 +0000

Too many ads on your computer lately? Malicious Chrome extensions might be to blame.

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Crazy Razy, bitcoin thief

January 24, 2019 admin bitcoin, Browsers, chrome, cryptocurrencies, extensions, Firefox, news, plugins, Razy, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Pavel Shoshin| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:07:51 +0000

The Razy Trojan secretly installs malicious extensions for Chrome and Firefox to serve phishing links and steal cryptocurrency.

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New leakage of Facebook user data, including private messages

November 2, 2018 admin Browsers, chrome, extensions, Facebook, Firefox, leaks, personal data, plugins, privacy, Threats

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:31:32 +0000

The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including private messages belonging to 81,000 of them, has leaked online. Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts.