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Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web. Continue reading Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor→

Posted on March 8, 2019 by John E Dunn

Can the combined power of the world’s developers possibly improve the iconic Windows Calculator app? Microsoft seems to think so. Continue reading Windows Calculator is going open source→

Posted on March 6, 2019 by John E Dunn

Google’s Project Zero researchers have revealed a “high severity” macOS security flaw nicknamed ‘BuggyCow’ which Apple appears to be in no rush to patch. Continue reading Google reveals BuggyCow macOS security flaw→

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

Two models of Android TVs showed a stream of strangers’ Google accounts, along with profile pics, though not the actual photos. Continue reading Google Photos disables sharing on Android TV→

Posted on March 5, 2019 by John E Dunn

Adobe has issued an urgent patch for a critical flaw in the ColdFusion web development platform it says is being exploited in the wild. Continue reading Update now! Critical Adobe ColdFusion flaw now being exploited→

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Microsoft’s IoT version of Windows is vulnerable to an exploit that could give an attacker complete control of the system. Continue reading Windows IoT Core exploitable via ethernet→

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

After big brands pulled ads, YouTube banned millions of comments, closed hundreds of accounts, and sped up development of a predator filter. Continue reading YouTube disables comments on millions of videos of children→

Posted on March 1, 2019 by John E Dunn

Researchers have spotted an unusual ‘trackware’ attack triggered by a viewing a PDF inside the Chrome browser. Continue reading Data-tracking Chrome flaw triggered by viewing PDFs→

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Warith Al Maawali is blaming wallet vendor Coinomi for the loss of $65,000 in bitcoin. Coinomi countered by blaming him for blackmail. Continue reading Disgruntled dev blames crypto-wallet for losing cryptocoins→

Posted on February 28, 2019 by John E Dunn

Researchers have revealed how malicious Thunderbolt and PCI Express (PCIe) peripherals could be used to compromise computers running macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. Continue reading Thunderclap: Apple Macs at risk from malicious Thunderbolt peripherals→