PT-2022-17503 · Mautic · Mautic

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mautic versions prior to 4.3.0 Description: A cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the web tracking component allows remote attackers to inject executable javascript. The issue arises because the output of tracking metadata is not...

Your Graphics Card Fingerprint Can Be Used to Track Your Activities Across the Web

Researchers have demonstrated a new type of fingerprinting technique that exploits a machine's graphics processing unit GPU as a means to persistently track users across the web. Dubbed DrawnApart, the method "identifies a device from the unique properties of its GPU stack," researchers from...

The Facebook Pixel Hunt aims to unravel Facebook’s tracking methods. Will you join?

Browser developer Mozilla has announced a research project to provide insights into, and data about, a space that’s opaque to policymakers, researchers and users themselves. Tracking the trackers is the name of the game. Give up some of your data voluntarily to stop the involuntary collection by...

Indio Networks Unibox SMB 跨站请求伪造漏洞

Indio Networks Unibox SMB and others are a wireless Wi-Fi from Indio Networks India. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in Unibox SMB version 2.4 and UniBox Enterprise Series version 2.4 and UniBox Campus Series version 2.4, which stems from a cross-site request forgery CSRF...

Sites Have a Sneaky New Way to Track You Across the Web

Plus: A LastPass rate change, Clubhouse concerns, and more of the week's top security news...

Browser Tracking Using Favicons

Interesting research on persistent web tracking using favicons. For those who dont know, favicons are those tiny icons that appear in browser tabs next to the page name. Abstract: The privacy threats of online tracking have garnered considerable attention in recent years from researchers and...

The Best Chrome Extensions to Prevent Creepy Web Tracking

Ad trackers follow you everywhere online—but it doesn’t have to be that way...

On Becoming a Contributor to the HTTP Archive

The HTTP Archive is an open source project that tracks how the web is built. Twice a month it crawls 1.3 million web pages on desktop and emulated mobile devices, and collects technical information about each of the web pages. That information is then aggregated and made available in curated...

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...

How to block ads like a pro

In part one of this series, we had a look at a few reasons why you should be blocking online advertisements on your network and devices. From malvertising attacks and privacy-invading tracking systems to just being an outright annoyance, online ads and trackers are a nuisance that provides an...

CVE-2018-4221

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows web sites to track users by leveraging the transmission of S/MIME client certificates...

CVE-2018-4221

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows web sites to track users by leveraging the transmission of S/MIME client certificates...

CVE-2018-4221

CVE-2018-4221 affects Apple products: iOS before 11.4 and macOS before 10.13.5, in the Security component. The issue allows websites to track users by abusing the transmission/validation of S/MIME client certificates. Public docs in the Apple security updates reference show this vulnerability und...

Tor: Scrollbar Width permits detecting browser platform

In April 2017 shortly before this bug bounty program went live, I repeatedly attempted to report this information disclosure vulnerability. However, my emails to the Tor Project's official vulnerability disclosure address went unanswered. It was not until I posted a public blog entry -- with a...

CVE-2016-2830

CVE-2016-2830 affects Mozilla Firefox prior to 48.0 and Firefox ESR prior to 45.3; the issue is that the favicon retrieval connection can persist after the window closes, enabling user tracking across network changes. Connected sources (Debian security advisories and IBM/OSS notices) confirm a fi...

Top Websites Using Audio Fingerprinting to Secretly Track Web Users

Despite browsing incognito, blocking advertisements, or hiding your tracks, some websites monitor and track your every move online using a new web-tracking technique called Audio Fingerprinting. This new fingerprinting technique can be utilized by technology and marketing companies to deliver...

Here's How Websites Are Tracking You Online

Webmasters can track all your activities on the Internet – even if you have already cleared your browsing history and deleted all saved cookies. A researcher demonstrated two unpatched flaws that can be exploited to track Millions of Internet users, allowing malicious website owners: 1. List...

HTML5 Canvas Fingerprint — Widely Used Unstoppable Web Tracking Technology

Till Now we have seen many traditional way of tracking web users, such as using cookies that get saved on user’s system may not be available forever to many companies, but a new method of tracking users has emerged that worked without the use of cookies. From last two years, many websites and...

Moving From Do Not Track to Can Not Track

NEW YORK–The movement in the security and privacy communities to push the Do Not Track standard as an answer to the problem of pervasive online tracking by ad companies and other entities has resulted in the major browser vendors including DNT as an option for users, giving them a method for...

NSA using Browser Cookies to track Tor Users

Yesterday a new classified NSA document was leaked by Edward Snowden - titled 'Tor Stinks' in which ideas were being kicked around for identifying Tor users or degrading the user experience to dissuade people from using the Tor browser. The NSA had a very hard time while tracking down all Tor...