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Google Delays Blocking 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome Browser Until 2024
Google on Wednesday said it's once again delaying its plans to turn off third-party cookies in the Chrome web browser from late 2023 to the second half of 2024. "The most consistent feedback we've received is the need for more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies before...
Coffee app in hot water for constant tracking of user location
A mobile app violated Canadas privacy laws via some pretty significant overreach with its tracking of device owners. The violation will apparently not bring the app owners, Tim Hortons, any form of punishment. However, the fallout from this incident may hopefully serve as a warning to others with...
Design/Logic Flaw
An issue existed in determining cache occupancy. The issue was addressed through improved logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3. A malicious website may be able to track users by setting state in a cache...
Chrome users, here’s how to opt out of the Google FLoC trial
Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and organizations have pushed back, criticizing the new technology—called FLoC—which is designed to respect peoples privacy more, as a detriment to user...
New Browser Attack Allows Tracking Users Online With JavaScript Disabled
Researchers have discovered a new side-channel that they say can be reliably exploited to leak information from web browsers that could then be leveraged to track users even when JavaScript is completely disabled. "This is a side-channel attack which doesn't require any JavaScript to run," the...
WARNING — Hugely Popular 'The Great Suspender' Chrome Extension Contains Malware
Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender , a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step of deactivating it from users' computers. "This extension contains malware," read a terse notification from Google...
WARNING — Hugely Popular 'The Great Suspender' Chrome Extension Contains Malware
Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender, a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step of deactivating it from users' computers. "This extension contains malware," read a terse notification from Google,...
Google’s Waze Can Allow Hackers to Identify and Track Users
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in Google’s Waze app that can allow hackers to identify people using the popular navigation app and track them by their location. Security DevOps engineer Peter Gasper discovered an API flaw in the navigation software that allowed him to track...
GHSA-R863-P739-275C Malicious Package in reuest
All versions of reuest typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process wa...
GHSA-PM9V-325F-5G74 Malicious Package in saync
All versions of saync typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process was...
GHSA-H44F-769Q-J6PX Malicious Package in requet
All versions of requet typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process wa...
GHSA-6C37-2RW5-9J7X Malicious Package in requesst
All versions of requesst typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process...
GHSA-X6CH-C6RV-F7WH Malicious Package in asymc
All versions of asymc typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process was...
OpenTrace has an unspecified vulnerability
OpenTrace is an implementation of the BlueTrace Epidemiology Contact Tracking Privacy Protection Protocol. A security vulnerability exists in OpenTrace used in COVIDSafe 1.0.17 and earlier versions, TraceTogether and ABTraceTogether and other apps iOS and Android, which can be exploited by a remo...
CVE-2019-10638
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel derived the IP ID field from a partial kernel space address returned by a nethashmix function. A remote user could observe a weak IP ID generation in this field to track Linux devices...
Insecure Randomness
firefox is vulnerable to insecure randomness. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Firefox Math.random function. This function could be used to identify a browsing session and track a user across different websites...
Apple's Tracking-Prevention Feature in Safari has a Privacy Bug
Last month, engineers at Google published a very curious privacy bug in Apple's Safari web browser. Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a feature designed to reduce user tracking, has vulnerabilities that themselves allow user tracking. Some details: ITP detects and blocks tracking on the we...
CVE-2019-8541
A privacy issue existed in motion sensor calibration. This issue was addressed with improved motion sensor processing. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2. A malicious app may be able to track users between installs...
CVE-2019-8541
A privacy issue existed in motion sensor calibration. This issue was addressed with improved motion sensor processing. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2. A malicious app may be able to track users between installs...
