web tracking
Graphics Card Web Tracking, Fake Job Ad Scams, Hacker Takes Down North Korea’s Internet
Researchers have discovered a new web tracking technique using your graphics card, scammers are exploiting security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings, and how a hacker single-handedly took ...
URL “Ping” Tracking, The Exponential Evil of Tracking
Hyperlink Auditing disabled in the Brave browser version 73.0.62.51 Well crafted piece by Lawrence Abrams, detailing the URL 'Ping' Tracking (aka Hyper-Text Protocol Auditing), and the consequences to users within many browser ...
Mozilla Firefox Slated To Block All Trackers: Crowd Goes Wild
Lawrence Abrams, writing at Bleeping Computer, reports on new privacy decisions at Mozilla Foundation targeting the privacy of the organization's Firefox browser: of which, is apparently slated to block all tracking bits ...
The Exploitations of Password Managers, Web Tracker Edition
via Martin Brinkmann writing at his eponymous blog: gHacks Technology News, tells the tale of Password Manager Exploitation by nefarious-minded Web Trackers. Certainly Wednesday's MustRead, yes? 'Research from Princeton's Center for Information ...
Apple’s privacy ambivalence
Safari guns for web tracking, but what about its own browser history and Facebook's data-sharing with device makers? ...
Orbitz Suffers Data Breach Impacting 880K Customers
Expedia-owned travel fare aggregator Orbitz.com discovered that one of its platforms was compromised last year and hackers might have accessed the payment cards details and personal information of about 880,000 customers. The ...
