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Apple has released Safari 14, which features many functional improvements, a Privacy Report that shows all the trackers the browser has neutralized, and and does not support Adobe Flash anymore. New features Safari 14 sports a redesign of the tab bar, … Continue reading Safari 14: New privacy and security features
Polish security researcher unveiled the flaw in a cross-browser sharing API that could allow attackers to steal user files. Continue reading Safari Bug Revealed After Apple Takes Nearly a Year to Patch
Is it fair to expect everyone to renew all their web certificates every year? Apple says yes, and now Google does too. Continue reading Google joins Apple in limiting web certificates to one year
Safari 14, scheduled to be released later this fall with iOS 14 and macOS 11, is a release that is packed choke-full with features. From a report: The biggest and most important of the new additions is support for WebExtensions, a technology for creati… Continue reading Safari 14 Removes Flash, Gets Support for Breach Alerts, HTTP/3, and WebP
At WWDC, Apple promised to double down on data protection in its upcoming iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and Safari releases. Continue reading iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, Safari to give us ‘No, thanks!’ option for ad tracking
A $5 billion class-action lawsuit filed in a California federal court alleges that Google’s Chrome incognito mode collects browser data without people’s knowledge or consent. Continue reading Google Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode
Apple has paid a cybersecurity researcher $75,000 for a software exploit chain used to access an iPhone camera and microphone, the researcher said this week. They are the kind of invasive capabilities that a spyware vendor would drool over. But Ryan Pickren, an Atlanta-based white-hat hacker, worked with Apple’s bug bounty program to get them fixed. “I had some experience looking for bugs in [Apple’s web browser] Safari before they launched their bug bounty program,” Pickren told CyberScoop in an email, describing why he took on what he called “two weeks of intense research.” Pickren figured out how to trick a Safari browser into serving up malicious code to infiltrate the iPhone camera and steal browser passwords. He did it by abusing the trust the iPhone was placing in Safari websites — trust that the device didn’t place in non-native applications. The malicious Safari website offered Pickren and his chain of exploits direct access […]
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A few days ago I was searching for information to do an essay and I opened a page using the “in cache” option on Google. But then I realised that the page was not what I was expecting. My question is if I can get a virus from opening a pag… Continue reading Can you get virus just by visiting a website in Safari using cache?
Apple’s latest salvo in the privacy war is to fully block third-party cookies in Safari—by default.
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Starting in 13.1, advertisers and analytics firms can’t track us through browser cookies. Apple says this also kills login fingerprinting. Continue reading Apple Safari now blocks all third-party cookies by default