Microsoft rushes out fix for Internet Explorer zero-day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:48:58 +0000

Microsoft has rushed to patch two flaws affecting IE versions 9 to 11, one of which the company says is being exploited in real attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JKx5VMBH6xs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple restricts old adblocking tech

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

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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Google pulls more fake adblockers from Chrome Web Store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:47:31 +0000

Google has again been reprimanded for not spotting fake extensions impersonating popular brands in its Chrome Web Store.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bENpOujBKCo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Is $100 million enough to save the web from ads?

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:33:50 +0000

Mozilla, Creative Commons and Coil are teaming up to launch a $100m fund to drive out advertising and advocate privacy across the web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7IGQrwFwo98″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla Private Network VPN gives Firefox another privacy boost

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:47:28 +0000

Is this week’s test pilot launch of Mozilla Private Network the moment browser VPNs finally become a must-have privacy feature?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MYg9gnQyZ7o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google experiments with DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:24:10 +0000

Following hot on Mozilla’s trail, Google officially announced its own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) experiment in Chrome this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MXZMT9v3Sj8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google experiments with DNS-over-HTTP in Chrome

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:24:10 +0000

Following hot on Mozilla’s trail, Google officially announced its own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) experiment in Chrome this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MXZMT9v3Sj8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:40:23 +0000

Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WxAmoP9NPKQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR

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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