MAL-2025-48679 Malicious code in duckduckgo-eslint-config-poc (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity...

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service...

Private and Secure Web Search Engines: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi, Startpage

What you look for online is up to you—just make sure no one else is taking a peek...

Gootkit Malware Adopts New Tactics to Attack Healthcare and Finance Firms

The Gootkit malware is prominently going after healthcare and finance organizations in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, according to new findings from Cybereason. The cybersecurity firm said it investigated a Gootkit incident in December 2022 that adopted a new method of deployment, with the actors...

How to Use DuckDuckGo’s Privacy-First Email Service

Tired of advertisers spying on your private communications? This beta promises to kick tracking technology to the curb...

DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think

Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush...

DuckDuckGo Allows Microsoft Trackers Despite No Tracking Policy – Researcher

By Waqas The privacy-oriented search engine and browser provider DuckDuckGo has received flak after a researcher identified Microsoft Trackers in… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DuckDuckGo Allows Microsoft Trackers Despite No Tracking Policy - Researcher...

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop

DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave...

CVE-2021-44683

The DuckDuckGo browser 7.64.4 on iOS allows Address Bar Spoofing due to mishandling of the JavaScript window.open function used to open a secondary browser window. This could be exploited by tricking users into supplying sensitive information such as credentials, because the address bar would...

CVE-2021-44683

The DuckDuckGo browser 7.64.4 on iOS allows Address Bar Spoofing due to mishandling of the JavaScript window.open function used to open a secondary browser window. This could be exploited by tricking users into supplying sensitive information such as credentials, because the address bar would...

Design/Logic Flaw

The DuckDuckGo browser 7.64.4 on iOS allows Address Bar Spoofing due to mishandling of the JavaScript window.open function used to open a secondary browser window. This could be exploited by tricking users into supplying sensitive information such as credentials, because the address bar would...

CVE-2021-44683

The DuckDuckGo browser 7.64.4 on iOS allows Address Bar Spoofing due to mishandling of the JavaScript window.open function used to open a secondary browser window. This could be exploited by tricking users into supplying sensitive information such as credentials, because the address bar would...

CVE-2021-44683

The CVE-2021-44683 entry concerns the DuckDuckGo browser on iOS (version 7.64.4). The issue is a spoofing vulnerability caused by mishandling of the JavaScript window.open function, which can allow an attacker to show a legitimate-looking URL in the address bar while serving content from the atta...

Google and Microsoft accused of feeding smaller search engines spam ads

Google and Microsoft appear to have been flooding their smaller search engine rivals with spam ads, to limit the number of higher-value ads that appear on them, according to data viewed by POLITICO. Ads are considered "spam" if they appear in search results but have little to no relevance to the...

People Are Increasingly Choosing Private Web Search

DuckDuckGo has had a banner year: And yet, DuckDuckGo. The privacy-oriented search engine netted more than 35 billion search queries in 2021, a 46.4% jump over 2020 23.6 billion. Thats big. Even so, the company, which bills itself as the "Internet privacy company," offering a search engine and...

DuckDuckGo developing a robust privacy-focused desktop browser

By Waqas According to DuckDuckGo, the desktop browser will work on both Mac and Windows devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DuckDuckGo developing a robust privacy-focused desktop browser...

DuckDuckGo 7.64.4 Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability

Vulnerability: Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Product: DuckDuckGo Discovered by: Rafay Baloch and Muhammad Samak Version: 7.64.4 Impact: Moderate Company: Cyber Citadel Website: https://www.cybercitadel.com Description DuckDuckGo browser for iOS was prone to an "Address Bar Spoofing"...

DuckDuckGo 7.64.4 Address Bar Spoofing

Vulnerability: Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability Product: DuckDuckGo Discovered by: Rafay Baloch and Muhammad Samak Version: 7.64.4 Impact: Moderate Company: Cyber Citadel Website: https://www.cybercitadel.com Description DuckDuckGo browser for iOS was prone to an "Address Bar Spoofing"...

DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android

The privacy-focused tech company's latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone...

DuckDuckGo’s Quest to Prove Online Privacy Is Possible

The company best known for its search engine is launching a new set of tools aimed at creating an “easy button” for protecting your data online...