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Brave browser will prevent websites from port scanning visitors

July 3, 2023 0 Comments Brave, browser, local resources, personal, port scanning, Privacy, profile, site, track, Tracking, web browser, website, websites

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We take a look at reports that Brave browser will prevent port scans of website visitors to keep them safe from tracking or other potentially malicious activities.

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Mac malware-for-hire steals passwords and cryptocoins, sends “crime logs” via Telegram

May 1, 2023 0 Comments amos, Apple, Brave, Cybercrime, firefox, Google Chrome, mac, malware, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Yandex

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:23:38 +0000

These malware peddlers are specifically going after Mac users. The hint’s in the name: “Atomic macOS Stealer”, or AMOS for short.

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Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links

July 20, 2022 0 Comments ads, Brave, facebook, firefox, links, Privacy, query parameter stripping, Tracking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:35:37 +0000

Facebook is reportedly switching out click identifiers for encryption, making it harder (if not impossible) to strip tracking from the URL.

The post Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Long lost @ symbol gets new life obscuring malicious URLs

May 17, 2022 0 Comments "@" symbol in url, @ delimiter, @ in url, Brave, chrome, firefox, Microsoft, motti elloul, opaque string, pale moon, perception point, phishing, rfc 3986, Safari, Social engineering, thomas reed, Vivaldi, weird url syntax

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 14:41:32 +0000

A little-used feature of web addresses is being used to obfuscate malicious phishing URLs.

The post Long lost @ symbol gets new life obscuring malicious URLs appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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A week in security (March 7 – March 13)

March 14, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, autowarp, azure autowarp, Brave, brute force, bug-fixing time, dirty pipe, docs, extortion, facebook, fake dating profile, formbook, google docs, hbo, Patch Tuesday, Privacy, ragnarlocker, Ransomware, RDP, Tor, twitter, ukraine

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:52:34 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Brave browser goes the extra mile to block third party cookies

March 10, 2022 0 Comments bounce tracking, Brave, browser, link decoration, nightly, Privacy, redirect tracking, unlinkable bouncing

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:46:49 +0000

The Brave browser is testing a new feature to stop bounce tracking.

The post Brave browser goes the extra mile to block third party cookies appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Brave beats other browsers in privacy study

February 27, 2020 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, Brave, browser privacy, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Privacy, Safari, Web Browsers, Yandex

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:32:13 +0000

Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nYYmchFylNA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Brave 1.0 launches, extends ad-watching payouts to iOS

November 15, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, ad tracking, basic attention tokens, bat, Brave, brave 1.0, cryptocurrency, iOS, malvertising, Mobile, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:36:08 +0000

It’s showtime: Finally out of beta comes the browser that promises privacy, anonymity and cryptocurrency in exchange for your eyeballs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oVgTjmFNurY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Brave, Brave browser, business roundatble, california, California Consumer Privacy Act, center for democracy and technology, consumer privacy, consumer privacy law, Data privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EU, European Union, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Maine, montana, nevada, pay-for-privacy, Privacy, Purism, senator ron wyden, Technet, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Federal Trade Commission, Vermont

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:54:43 +0000

Should this proposed privacy law come into effect, if a company violates that law, you, your neighbor, and your family do not have the right to sue them.

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Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR

September 9, 2019 0 Comments Authorized Buyers, Brave, browser privacy, chrome, GDPR, GDPR compliance, Google, Google Chrome, Privacy, push pages, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:24:53 +0000

A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lKGgZf-nQcM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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