Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: tech support scams

Tags: fingerprinting

Tags: steganography

This tech support scam is one of the most long running and covert ones we have ever seen.

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Malvertisers up their game against researchers

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: malvertising

Tags: google

Tags: ads

Tags: malware

Tags: fingerprinting

Malicious ads via search engine results page are getting harder to identify thanks to advanced fingerprinting techniques

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Google’s “browse privately” is nothing more than a word play, lawyers say

Categories: News

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Google

Tags: Chrome

Tags: Incognito

Tags: private mode

Tags: fingerprinting

Tags: cookies

Tags: tracking

Private browsing is not what users expect it to be

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How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:41:05 +0000

Is your browser secure and private enough by design or do you need to worry about security, privacy, fingerprinting, ads, and cookies yourself?

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