Trojan Raids Android Users’ Cookie Jars
Cookiethief steals cookies to infiltrate Facebook and other web service accounts. Continue reading Trojan Raids Android Users’ Cookie Jars
Category Archives: Web Cookies
Firefox Web Browser Now Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies By Default
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
Apple Blocks Sites From Abusing HSTS Security Standard to Track Users
If you are unaware, the security standard HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) can be abused as a ‘supercookie’ to surreptitiously track users of almost every modern web browser online without their knowledge even when they use “private browsing.”
Ap… Continue reading Apple Blocks Sites From Abusing HSTS Security Standard to Track Users
Yahoo Reveals 32 Million Accounts Were Hacked Using ‘Cookie Forging Attack’
Yahoo has just revealed that around 32 million user accounts were accessed by hackers in the last two years using a sophisticated cookie forging attack without any password.
These compromised accounts are in addition to the Yahoo accounts affected by … Continue reading Yahoo Reveals 32 Million Accounts Were Hacked Using ‘Cookie Forging Attack’