ad-blocking

Best of Shared Security (2020) Education, Ads & Democracy: Cyber Threats We Still Face #podcast

Best of Shared Security (2020) History Repeats Itself: Cybersecurity Challenges that Still Haunt Us

| | 2020, ad-blocking, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, ddos, Digital Privacy, Election Security, Episodes, foreign interference, Google Chrome, Hackers, History Repeats Itself, Information Security, Infosec, Microsoft, Phishing, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Ransomware, remote learning, Schools, Script Kitties, security, Security Tools, technology, US election, Weekly Edition
In this “best of” episode of the Shared Security Podcast, we revisit a discussion from September 2020 that’s just as relevant today as it was then. First, we cover how ransomware attacks ...
Shared Security Podcast
A neon sign flashes, “BUY”

Google Hates Ad Blockers: Manifest V3 Push Starts Today

| | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, browser extension, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Google Chrome, Manifest V3, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin
We warned you. As of June 3, Google is following through on its threat to kill ad blockers. Privacy-focused Chrome extensions are living on borrowed time; developers must upgrade to the less ...
Security Boulevard
A 3D button with the Mozilla Firefox logo

Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?

| | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Manifest V3, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin
Manifest V3: Destiny. Huge advertising monopoly flexes muscles: “Manifest V2” extensions to be nuked, but “V3” cripples ad blockers ...
Security Boulevard
Tennesee Highway Billboarding.jpg

Why We Strongly Advocate Ad Blocking: The Steg Affair

| | Ad Infinitum, ad-blocking, AdFraud, Advertising, Information Security, security hygiene
via Dan Goodin - Security Editor at the beloved Ars Technica, comes further proof of why we proselytize Ad Blocking both on the enterprise browser deployments, as well as network devices in ...
Infosecurity.US
Introducing: Malwarebytes Browser Extension

Introducing: Malwarebytes Browser Extension

| | ad blockers, ad-blocking, Betas, block, Chrome, clickbait, Firefox, Malwarebytes Browser Extensions, Malwarebytes news, speed up browser, tech support scams
Malwarebytes Browser Extensions (BETA) are available in the official web stores for Chrome and Firefox. Read what they can do for you, and try one, if you haven't already.. Categories: Betas Malwarebytes ...
Malwarebytes Labs
How to block ads like a pro

How to block ads like a pro

| | ad-blocking, How-tos, malvertising, Privacy, Security world
In part one of this series, we had a look at a few reasons why you should block ads on your network and devices. In the second part, we’ll cover a few ...
Malwarebytes Labs
Everybody and their mother is blocking ads, so why aren’t you?

Everybody and their mother is blocking ads, so why aren’t you?

| | ad blockers, ad-blocking, adblocks, Exactis, malvertising, Privacy, trackers
If you’re not blocking ads on your PC and mobile device, you should be! In this two-part series, we dispel some of the myths surrounding ad blocking, and cover the reasons why ...
Malwarebytes Labs