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Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers

February 19, 2020 0 Comments adware, browser extensions, cybersecurity czar, giuliani, Hacktivism, malvertising, malvertising schemes, political targets, rudy giuliani, scams, tweets, twitter, typo, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:21:08 +0000

Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account contains many typos that lead to the wrong website—and scammers and typosquatters are taking advantage.

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Scams

Tags: adware browser extensions cybersecurity czar giuliani hacktivism malvertising malvertising schemes political targets rudy giuliani scams tweets twitter typo typosquatting

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Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

January 28, 2020 0 Comments Apple Safari, browser extensions, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google Chrome, malicious extensions, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:38:31 +0000

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous – add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NvbQrtROsLI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mac threat detections on the rise in 2019

December 16, 2019 0 Comments browser extensions, mac, mac adware, mac malware, mac telemetry, mac threat detections, mac threats, newtab, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, Safari

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:40:06 +0000

For the first time ever, Mac threats broke into Malwarebytes’ top five overall detections of 2019. Take a look at this and other telemetry that shows Mac malware is certainly on the rise.

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Tags: browser extensions Mac adware mac malware mac telemetry mac threat detections mac threats newtab potentially unwanted programs PUPs safari

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Apple restricts old adblocking tech

September 24, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, Adblocker, Apple, Apple Safari, browser extensions, content blocking, online ads, Safari, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:29:26 +0000

Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/O7GTlWpHw1M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple restricts adblocking extensions

September 24, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, Adblocker, Apple, Apple Safari, browser extensions, content blocking, online ads, Safari, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:29:26 +0000

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Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla

September 5, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, Adblocker, Apple Safari, Brave, browser extensions, chrome, chromium, firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Opera, Organisations, Web Browsers, WebExtensions

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:27:12 +0000

Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m–la7sLG8k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How much personalization is too much?

August 19, 2019 0 Comments browser extensions, browser plugins, browser security, browsing tracking, data collection, personal information, personally identifiable information, Privacy, the parallax

Credit to Author: Seth Rosenblatt| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Personalization is the new mantra of marketers—and most people are perfectly okay with that. But when does personalization cross the line into invasive? And what can uncomfortable consumers do about blocking it?

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Privacy

Tags: browser extensions browser plugins browser security browsing tracking data collection personal information personally identifiable information privacy the parallax

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Browser plug-ins peddled personal data from over 4m browsers

July 26, 2019 0 Comments browser extensions, browsing data, business data, corporate information, data loss, extensions, firefox, Google Analytics, Google Chrome, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:02:52 +0000

Nacho Analytics gathered data like passwords, tax and prescription data from browser add-ons – and those who bought it can keep it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hh3QByv2ph0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (July 15 – 21)

July 22, 2019 0 Comments 2fa bypass, A week in security, advanced persistent threat, Android apps, APT, backdoor, BitPaymer ransomware, browser extensions, bulletproof, chrome, cybersecurity education, DataSpii, DDos attack, DoppelPaymer, EvilGnome, Extenbro, FaceApp, facebook, Facebook reporting tool, firefox, generation, Instagram, Ke3chang, Magecart, Media File Jacking, Privacy, RingCentral flaw, Sodinokibi, telegram, Vital infrastructure, whatsapp, Zhumu flaw, zoom zero-day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:50:35 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from July 15–21, including the Zoom camera vulnerability, Extenbro, Sodinokibi, Magecart, and cybersecurity challenges facing the education sector.

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A week in security

Tags: 2fa bypass advanced persistent threat Android apps APT backdoor BitPaymer ransomware browser extensions bulletproof chrome cybersecurity education DataSpii DDos attack DoppelPaymer EvilGnome Extenbro FaceApp facebook Facebook reporting tool firefox generation Instagram Ke3chang Magecart Media File Jacking privacy RingCentral flaw Sodinokibi telegram vital infrastructure whatsapp Zhumu flaw zoom zero-day

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