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Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West

September 25, 2017 admin ads, browser, coinhive, cryptominer, cryptomining, cryptonight, exploit kit, JS, malvertising, malware, Social engineering, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:16:27 +0000

Cryptomining in the browser is all the rage lately. But what are the impacts for users when it is being abused by dubious publishers?

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Tags: ads browser coinhive cryptominer cryptomining cryptonight exploit kit JS malvertising malware

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Independent MotherBoard Security

Someone Made an Ad Blocker But for Cryptocurrency Mining

September 19, 2017 admin ad blocker, ad-block, browser, cryptocurrency, Mining, monero, news, tech, The Pirate Bay

Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:52:22 +0000

Is this necessary, now?

MalwareBytes Security

Explained: user agent

August 22, 2017 admin browser, chrome, crawler, email clients, Mozilla, Pieter Arntz, Security world, Technology, user agent, website

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:18:41 +0000

This post explains the pros and cons of using user agents when browsing the world wide web. What does it reveal and why?

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Tags: browser chrome crawler email clients mozilla Pieter Arntz user agent website

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Security Sophos

Safari userà l’intelligenza artificiale per rintracciare chi ti traccia

June 19, 2017 admin apple, browser, Data Privacy, Per gli utenti, privacy, Protezione dei dati

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:35:43 +0000

Improvvisamente, i browser web sono tornati ad essere interessanti per la crescente attenzione degli utenti nei confronti della privacy. Apple ha utilizzato la sua Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) per annunciare un paio di nuove funzionalità per Safari su macOS High Sierra previsto entro la fine di quest’anno. La prima vedrà il browser in grado di […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=39957&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/8SO_aVEkT5Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fireball Chinese malware and you

June 7, 2017 admin adam kujawa, Adware, adware.elex, browser, cybercrime, elex, fireball, hijack, malware, malwarebytes labs, rafotech

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:54:11 +0000

By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The threat intelligence and research teams at Check Point wrote a blog post last week describing the operation, what the threat does the system and the alarming potential the malware has for doing some serious damage. We delve into the worst case scenario with this situation and how to remove Fireball if you are infected.

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Tags: adam kujawa adware adware.elex browser elex fireball hijack malwarebytes labs rafotech

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Security Wired

Beware: Most Mobile VPNs Aren’t as Safe as They Seem

February 8, 2017 admin Android, browser, Google Play, privacy, Security, VPN, VPNs

Recent research suggests that many VPNs for Android have privacy and security flaws, and the problem of choosing a reliable VPN goes even further. The post Beware: Most Mobile VPNs Aren’t as Safe as They Seem appeared first on WIRED.