Collaborate Disseminate
The war on Internet ads rages on, as the arms race between ad blockers and ad creators continues to escalate. To make a modern Internet experience even remotely palatable, plenty …read more Continue reading Pie Stop For Emergency DNS Needs
As promised, Mozilla has finally enabled “Enhanced Tracking Protection” feature on its Firefox browser by default, which from now onwards would automatically block all third-party tracking cookies that allow advertisers and websites to track you across… Continue reading Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default
The popular platform Family Tree DNA is piggybacking forensics’ use of genealogy databases to sell its product. Continue reading A DNA Ancestry Website Is Asking People to Join to Help Hunt Criminals
It’s a fairly safe bet that a Venn diagram of Hackaday readers and those who closely follow the careers of YouTube megastars doesn’t have a whole lot of overlap, so you’re forgiven if you’re blissfully unaware of the man who calls himself PewDiePie. As such, you may not be aware that a battle between himself and another YouTube channel which uploads Bollywood music videos has reached such a fever pitch that his fans have resorted to guerrilla hacking to try to sway public opinion towards their side. It’s perhaps not the dystopian future we imagined, but it just might be …read more
Continue reading Weaponized Networked Printing is Now a Thing
Nothing comes for free, especially online.
Would you be okay with allowing a few paid services to mine cryptocurrencies using your system instead of paying the subscription fee?
Most free websites and services often rely on advertising revenue to sur… Continue reading Mac Software Mines Cryptocurrency in Exchange for Free Access to Premium Account
James Altucher is the man behind the stare. Continue reading Who the Hell Is This ‘Crypto-Genius?’
Readers of a certain age will remember a time when the Christmas season in the US officially kicked off after Thanksgiving. That was when advertisers began saturation bombing the communal mind with holiday-themed TV commercials night and day. Broadcast TV no longer holds sway like it did back then, and advertisers now start their onslaught in September, but you can put a little retro-commercialism back to Christmas with this 90s Christmas commercial-playing ornament for your tree.
The idea came to [SeanHodgins] after stumbling upon a collection of Christmas commercials from the 1990s on YouTube. With his content identified, he set …read more
Continue reading Make Christmas Commercial Again with this Tiny TV Ornament
This research started when we discovered an infected Pokémon GO guide in Google Play. We detected the malware as Trojan.AndroidOS.Ztorg.ad. After some searching, I found some other similar infected apps that were being distributed from the Google Play Store. After I started tracking these infected apps, two things struck me – how rapidly they became popular and the comments in the user review sections. Continue reading Ztorg: money for infecting your smartphone
This research started when we discovered an infected Pokémon GO guide in Google Play. We detected the malware as Trojan.AndroidOS.Ztorg.ad. After some searching, I found some other similar infected apps that were being distributed from the Google Play Store. After I started tracking these infected apps, two things struck me – how rapidly they became popular and the comments in the user review sections. Continue reading Ztorg: money for infecting your smartphone
If the death of online privacy rules wasn’t enough for Internet Service Providers and advertisers to celebrate, Verizon has planned to pre-install spyware on customers’ Android devices in order to collect their personal data.
The telecom giant has partnered with Evie Launcher to bring a new application called ‘AppFlash’ — a universal search bar that will come pre-installed on the home screens
Continue reading Verizon to pre-install a ‘Spyware’ app on its Android phones to collect user data