- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 2nd, 2016
Skype Video Calls Can Give Away What You're Typing Inside Other Apps
Don't type and talk via Skype at the same time!
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 29th, 2016
Firefox May Get Tracking Protection on Normal Tabs, Not Just in Private Browsing
Feature is currently in testing via the Test Pilot program
- Web resources
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 28th, 2016
Firefox Gets Floating Video and Web Screenshot Support via Test Pilot Program
Test Pilot program expands with three new experiments
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 26th, 2016
Swiss Vote to Give Their Government More Spying Powers
Swiss approve new surveillance law with 66.5% majority
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- September 24th, 2016
Windows 10 Might Soon Track Absolutely Everything You Do for Your Own Good
Microsoft patents new tracking tech for Windows
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 10th, 2016
Rogue Android App Can Be Used to Reveal Phone Owner's Real Identity
Problem lies in Android's (-x) permission model
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28th, 2016
New W3C Proximity Sensor API Can Be Used for User Fingerprinting
New W3C API brings new fears regarding user privacy
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 22nd, 2016
Omegle Lets Anyone Access Your Anonymous Chats
Python script lets you download random chats from Omegle
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 20th, 2016
Spyware Used to Reveal Affair Leads to Lawsuit with Wide-Reaching Implications
The actions of a jealous Ohio husband may bring down the entire "monitoring software" (spyware) market
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 19th, 2016
This Tor Error Will Likely Scare a Lot of Unsuspecting IPv6 Users
Tor should disable IPv6 for its servers until the protocol is properly supported by its software, says crypto-guru
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 17th, 2016
Canadian Police Lobbies for Law That Would Force People to Reveal Passwords
RCMP officials claim they need a way to criminalize acts of intentional withholding of critical case data
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15th, 2016
Germany Announces Plans to Create Cyber Security Unit
New cyber security division will be called Zentrale Stelle für Informationstechnik im Sicherheitsbereich (ZITiS)
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 13th, 2016
Texas Mother Finds Daughters' Webcam Feed on the Internet
US mother appalled to find kids' webcam feed online and available to anyone holding an Android device
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
LinkedIn Files Lawsuit to Uncover Massive Data Scraping Botnet
LinkedIn faced a similar data scraping attack in 2014
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
Researchers Hack Vibrator, and It's Not the One in Your Phone
Device shares your personal data with its manufacturer
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 5th, 2016
New CSS Mix-Blend-Mode Feature Can Reveal Your Browsing History
New cutting-edge Photoshop-like CSS feature has a negative impact on user privacy, revealing browsing history
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Advertisers Use Battery Status to Track Users Online
HTML5 Battery Status API used in fingerprinting scripts