Collaborate Disseminate
Some time ago it was revealed that browser plugins were not sandboxed and they could potentially access all of the user’s files and exfiltrate them.
Is that still the case? Which browser versions fixed that issue?
Continue reading Can browser plugins access and exfiltrate my files? [closed]
Patch early. Patch often. Patch now! Continue reading Chrome zero-day, hot on the heels of Microsoft’s IE zero-day. Patch now!
I have been using Brave for a long time now. Lately, I realized it uses Chromium. I really dislike using Google because of my data privacy. So I am starting to wonder if Brave does the same thing.
Support for Microsoft’s original Edge browser is ending today. Legacy Edge, as it is now called, will no longer receive security updates, and anyone still using it should start the process of switching to something else. The Verge reports: Legacy Edge … Continue reading Microsoft Is Ending Support For the Old Non-Chromium Edge
Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle (with a bi-weekly security patch). That’s one way to hasten the singularity, I guess, but it’s worth noting that Mozilla also moved to a four-week cycle for […] Continue reading Google speeds up its release cycle for Chrome
It’s déjà vu all over again! New month, new Chrome zero-day bug being exploited in the wild. Continue reading Another Chrome zero-day exploit – so get that update done!
I just read an article about the coming Chrome 89 web browser, adding further hardware interaction APIs, that would let the browser have even more direct access to the hardware.
I use Firefox as my default browser, but I have to use Chromi… Continue reading How to best sandbox an application like Chrome/Chromium in Linux?
This zero-day bug affects Chrome, as well as Edge and other Chromium-based browsers. Continue reading Chrome zero-day browser bug found – patch now!
The Google-sponsored Chromium project has cleaned up its act, and the result is a marked decline in queries to DNS root servers. From a report: As The Register reported in August 2020, Chromium-based browsers generate a lot of DNS traffic as they try t… Continue reading Chromium Cleans Up Its Act — and Daily DNS Root Server Queries Drop by 60 Billion
“The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released this week its own custom web browser,” reports ZDNet, “for the sole purpose of re-enabling Adobe Flash Player support, rather than port its existing website from using Flash to HTML-based web forms… Continue reading To Re-Enable Flash Support, South Africa’s Tax Agency Released Its Own Web Browser