Chrome

Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?
Richi Jennings | | 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
Firefox and Chrome Updates Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Rohan Timalsina | | Chrome, CVE, Firefox, Firefox and Chrome Updates, Google updates, Linux & Open Source News, Mozilla, security patches, security vulnerabilites
Mozilla and Google have recently released important security updates for their web browsers, Firefox and Chrome. These updates include patches for several vulnerabilities, including some potentially harmful memory safety bugs. First, let’s ...

VICTORY: Google WEI ‘Stealth DRM’ Plan is Dead (or is it?)
Richi Jennings | | adtech, attestation, Chrome, digital rights management, DRM, environment attestation, freedom to tinker, google, IntegrityToken, SB Blogwatch, Web Environment Integrity, WebView Media Integrity API, WEI, wmi
WEI is dead — long live WMI: Google backs down on Web Environment Integrity API, but its replacement is also problematic ...
Security Boulevard

Don’t Be Evil: Google’s Scary ‘IP Protection’ Privacy Plan
Richi Jennings | | adtech, Advertising and AdTech, anonymization proxy, Anti-Fingerprinting, Browser Fingerprinting, Chrome, Cloud Proxy, Data Privacy, device fingerprinting, EU GDPR, fingerprinting, GDPR, GDPR compliance, gdpr eu, gdpr legislation, GeoIP, Gnatcatcher, google, Google Chrome, IP address, IP address tracker, IP Protection, Privacy, proxy, proxy server, proxy servers, proxy service, SB Blogwatch, Surveillance capitalism, tracking, zero trust
Firefox here we come! “Free” privacy proxy for all Chrome users? What could POSSIBLY go wrong? ...
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Patch EVERYTHING: Widely Used ‘WebP’ Code has Critical Bug
Richi Jennings | | Buffer Overflow, buffer overflow attack, Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, Chrome, Chromium, edge, Electron, Exploitable Vulnerabilities, Firefox, google, Heap Overflow, libwebp, Open Source and Software Supply Chain Risks, open source software supply chain, open source software supply chain security, opera, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, slack, software supply chain, software supply chain hygiene, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks, thunderbird, WebP
WebP FAIL. Critical vuln in libwebp: Go get updates to Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Slack and more ...
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ALERT: Google Wants to DRM your OS for ‘Web Environment Integrity’
Richi Jennings | | adtech, attestation, Chrome, digital rights management, DRM, environment attestation, freedom to tinker, google, IntegrityToken, SB Blogwatch, Web Environment Integrity, WEI
We will kill WEI: A thinly veiled attempt to track you and make more ad money ...
Security Boulevard

Chrome Extensions Warning — Millions of Users Infected
Richi Jennings | | Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, chrome store malware, Chrome Web Store, google, Malware, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
Malware Déjà Vu: Perhaps as many as 87 million victims—maybe more ...
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Google Chrome 3rd Party Cookies Crumbling — Finally!
Richi Jennings | | Chrome, cookie, cookies, FLoC, google, omnomnomnomnomnomcookie, Privacy, Privacy Sandbox, SB Blogwatch, Topics, tracking cookies
Om Nom Nom Nom Nom: Privacy Sandbox inching towards reality. But concerns remain ...
Security Boulevard

Drop Everything: Update Chrome NOW — 0-Day Exploit in Wild
Richi Jennings | | Chrome, Chromium, CVE-2023-2033, google, Google Chrome, SB Blogwatch, Type Confusion
It’s Help|About Time: Chrome’s “V8” JavaScript engine has high-severity vuln. Scrotes already exploiting it ...
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How to Stop Online Tracking: 3 New Ways
Tom Eston | | Advertisers, advice, Apple, Chrome, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, DuckDuckGo, Enhanced Tracking Protection, Episodes, Firefox, Information Security, Infosec, Online Tracking, Podcast, Privacy, privacy settings, Safari, Search Engine, security, Startpage, technology, tips, web browser, Weekly Edition
In this episode host Tom Eston discusses one of the biggest privacy concerns people have today, online tracking by companies and advertisers. Tom will cover the following topics, tips, and new techniques ...