Apple Removes Several Trend Micro Apps For Collecting MacOS Users' Data

Apple has removed almost all popular security apps offered by well-known cyber-security vendor Trend Micro from its official Mac App Store after they were caught stealing users' sensitive data without their consent. The controversial apps in question include Dr Cleaner, Dr Cleaner Pro, Dr...

Lync for Mac 2011 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Lync for Mac 2011 fails to properly sanitize specially crafted messages. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a targeted Lync for Mac 2011 user's system to browse to an attacker-specified website or automatically...

Microsoft Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the browser scripting engine improperly handle object types. An attacker who has successfully exploited this vulnerability might be able to read privileged data across trust boundaries. In browsing scenarios, an attacker could convince a user to...

Tor Browser 8.0 - Everything you Need to Safely Browse the Internet

Tor Browser 8.0, is the first stable release based on Firefox 60 ESR, is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from distribution directory. This release is all about users first. Tor Browser 8.0 comes with a series of user experience improvements that address a set of long-term...

Mac App Store apps are stealing user data

There is a concerning trend lately in the Mac App Store. Several security researchers have independently found different apps that are collecting sensitive user data and uploading it to servers controlled by the developer. This is referred to as exfiltrating the data. Some of this data is actuall...

Popular Mac App Adware Doctor Actually Acts Like Spyware

Adware Doctor has long been one of the top-selling apps in the Mac App Store. But researchers say it harvested browsing data, and sent it to China...

Bucking the Norm, Mozilla to Block Tracking Cookies in Firefox

Web tracking has long been in the cross-hairs of privacy advocates, who say that marketers know entirely too much about individuals’ online activities. And to add insult to injury, the ubiquitous cookie system used to enable tracking also presents potential security threats, including cross-site...

CVE-2017-15419

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15419

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15419

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

Design/Logic Flaw

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15419

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15419

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15419

CVE-2017-15419 describes an information-disclosure vulnerability in Google Chrome’s Resource Timing API before 63.0.3239.84. The root cause is insufficient policy enforcement, allowing a remote attacker to leak cross-origin URLs via a crafted HTML page and infer browsing history. Affected product...

CVE-2017-15419

Removed by vendor...

CVE-2017-15419: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

Insufficient policy enforcement in Resource Timing API in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to infer browsing history by triggering a leaked cross-origin URL via a crafted HTML page...

Google Chrome < 68.0.3440.75 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Binary data 700361.pasl...

Mozilla Firefox < 57.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Binary data 700323.prm...

New Ways to Track Internet Browsing

Interesting research on web tracking: "Who Left Open the Cookie Jar? A Comprehensive Evaluation of Third-Party Cookie Policies: Abstract: Nowadays, cookies are the most prominent mechanism to identify and authenticate users on the Internet. Although protected by the Same Origin Policy, popular...

AV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mobile Users

With the introduction of Android v8.0 Android Oreo in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later. Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or...