Third‑party cookies: How they work and how to stop them from tracking you across the web
Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users
Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users
The French authority on information security determined to impose a €60 million penalty against Facebook and a €150 million penalty against Google after concluding that both companies hide from users the possibility of rejecting tracking cookies, so users must make endless clicks for this purpose. In their resolution, the authorities point out that both companies […]
Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That’s according to a new report published by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which said it disrupted financially motivated phishing […]
Gathering cookies is a popular hacking activity and can prove really useful for obtaining information from a target, so it is necessary to know the techniques that threat actors use to obtain this data. On this occasion, cybersecurity experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) will show you how to copy cookies from […]
It has been identified recently that the BloodyStealer is being traded on the dark web market. It is a Trojan that is generally used to steal accounts from accounts of successful gaming platforms, which include:- Steam Epic Games Store EA Origin The BloodyStealer Trojan has a trick to avoid detection, and it fetches less than […]
Tired of accepting or rejecting cookie notices on websites you visit? You can now use any of these 3 browser extensions to automatically accept or disable browser cookies notice on any website. In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union (EU) regulating how companies and websites control the data […]
The company will also soon launch anti-fingerprinting measures aimed at detecting and mitigating covert tracking and workarounds
Firefox new Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature launched to all users of the browser to offer better privacy and protection from cryptojacking.
If a report from The Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Google is going to implement a built-in tracking blocker in Chrome browser that will block tracker cookies from all third parties, but exempt Google’s own scripts and cookies. Sources familiar with the matter told WSJ that Google will soon roll out a control dashboard […]
VPN software programs of Palo Alto, Cisco, Pulse, and F5 don’t Store Session Cookies Securely- DHS. A warning has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the unreliable nature of Virtual Private Network (VPN) programmes from several well-known VPN service providers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse, and F5. The problem described […]
A new dangerous Mac Malware discovered that stealing the cookies when users visiting a website that belongs to cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service along with saved credentials from Chrome Browers. “Web cookies are widely used for authentication. Once a user logs into a website, its cookies are stored for the web server to know the […]
Mac users need to beware of a newly discovered piece of malware that steals their web browser cookies and credentials in an attempt to withdraw funds from their cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Dubbed CookieMiner due to its capability of stealing cookies-related to cryptocurrency exchanges, the malware has specifically been designed to target Mac users and is […]
evilginx2 is a man-in-the-middle attack framework used for phishing login credentials along with session cookies, which in turn allows to bypass 2-factor authentication protection. This tool is a successor to Evilginx, released in 2017, which used a custom version of nginx HTTP server to provide man-in-the-middle functionality to act as a proxy between a browser […]
Yet another privacy concern for Google Chrome users! Previously, we talked about Google’s auto-login mechanism which is hijacking our local Google Chrome data. Now, another Chrome 69 setting has come to light which is risking our freedom to remove data. Spotted by Jan ?? Wildeboer, now Chrome won’t remove cookies and other site data of its own services in the […]
Information security researchers have spotted a new information stealer that collects Chrome login data from infected victims, along with session cookies, and appears to be looking for Facebook details in particular, according to a Radware threat alert the company shared with this reporter. The new trojan, named Stresspaint, has been found hidden inside a free […]
Security researchers from Arbornetworks and FireEye identified a Sophisticated Malware(FormBook malware) campaigns targetting Aerospace, Defense Contractor, and Manufacturing sectors around U.S. and South Korea The Malware is highly Sophisticated and injects itself in various process memory and can record keystrokes, Clipboard Contents and HTTP Sessions. Also, it responds to commands from C&C like System reboot, […]
Security researchers from Sucuri have found hacked WordPress sites that were altered to secretly siphon off cookies for user and admin accounts to a rogue domain imitating the WordPress API. The attacker was sending stolen cookies to code.wordprssapi[.]com, a domain that was imitating a non-existent WordPress service. Sucuri’s Cesar Anjos says he found this malware […]
More than 600 sites found to be vulnerable to demanding exploit called Sweet32. Researchers have devised a new attack that can decrypt secret session cookies from about 1 percent of the Internet’s HTTPS traffic and could affect about 600 of the Internet’s most visited sites, including nasdaq.com, walmart.com, match.com, and ebay.in. The attack isn’t particularly easy […]
In case didn’t know or need a reminder, browser cookies aren’t exactly impervious to attack. The DHS-sponsored CERT at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University this week dropped an alert that warns users about the continued prevalence of a class of cookie vulnerabilities that puts users’ privacy and even financial well-being at risk. […]
Many New Yorkers don’t place a particularly high value on their private data – from fingerprints to social security numbers – having proven willing to give away such details in return for a literal, edible cookies.
NSA banks on Google cookies for pinpointing hacking targets. Google cookies which are utilized by advertisers to track consumers are also being used by NSA for keeping a track on their hacking targets, and for strengthening their surveillance activities. The presentation slides of NSA were posted by Washington Post which was brought to the scene by their […]