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Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 135 — Mozilla
An attacker could have caused a use-after-free via crafted XSLT data, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. An attacker could have caused a use-after-free via the Custom Highlight API, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. The fullscreen notification is prematurely hidden when...
Debunking misinformation about Opera’s browsers
Privacy, Security Debunking misinformation about Opera’s browsers Share July 6th, 2023 At Opera, we take the privacy and security of our users very seriously. As a European company, we have to be compliant with the GDPR – one of the strongest, if not the strongest, data protection frameworks in t...
A week in security (August 23 – August 29)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Patch now! Microsoft Exchange is being attacked via ProxyShell Realtek-based routers, smart devices are being gobbled up by a voracious botnet Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud Mice “taking over the world!”, one Windo...
3 tips to top up your privacy
Its Data Privacy Day—the perennial event that many internet users may have never heard of, but have strong feelings and opinions about the very things that birthed it in the first place. Originally created to help businesses learn about why online privacy matters, its reach has since extended to...
Incognito Mode May Not Work the Way You Think It Does
Every browser has a private mode—but the privacy it offers has a limit...
Lock and Code S1Ep7: Sounding the trumpet on web browser privacy with Pieter Arntz
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Pieter Arntz, malware intelligence researcher at Malwarebytes, about web browser privacy—an often neglected subcategory of data privacy. Without the prop...
Change This Browser Setting to Stop Xiaomi from Spying On Your Incognito Activities
If you own a Xiaomi smartphone or have installed the Mi browser app on any of your other brand Android device, you should enable a newly introduced privacy setting immediately to prevent the company from spying on your online activities. The smartphone maker has begun rolling out an update to its...
Microsoft Edge Shares Privacy-Busting Telemetry, Research Alleges
Microsoft Edge is one of the least private web browsers — even more so than other popular browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox — according to academic researchers. According to the analysis, from Douglas Leith with the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College in...
Microsoft Edge Shares Privacy-Busting Telemetry, Research Alleges
Microsoft Edge is one of the least private web browsers — even more so than other popular browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox — according to academic researchers. According to the analysis, from Douglas Leith with the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College in...
A week in security (October 29 – November 4)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a rogue cryptocurrency app installing backdoors, took a dive into the world of printer security, explored browser privacy tweaks, highlighted a music festival–themed breach, and introduced Malwarebytes for Chromebook. Other cybersecurity news Memory...
Can search extensions keep your searches private?
One of the most common things most of us do on the Internet is search, whether we are looking up the price of the latest gadget or we need to find the address of that great restaurant recommended by a friend. The dizzying number of Google search queries per second more than 40,000, on average tel...
Study Finds Online Privacy Tools Fail to Protect Users
Poor design and usability issues make leading online privacy management tools ineffective, according to researchers at CMU’s Cylab. The report said the results suggest that the current system of industry-led opt out protections is “fundamentally flawed.” The report, “Why Johnny Can’t Opt Out: A...
Opera: Location, Location, Location
GreyMagic Security Advisory GM008-OP ===================================== By GreyMagic Software, 05 Aug 2004. Available in HTML format at http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm008-op/. Topic: Location, Location, Location. Discovery date: 19 Jul 2004. Affected applications:...