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Tag Archives: Web Browsers
Firefox 74 offers privacy and security updates
A month after shipping version 73 of its Firefox browser, Mozilla has released version 74 with a range of privacy and security enhancements.
Brave browser to block web fingerprinting with randomisation
Brave is testing a new defence against fingerprinting: confusing algorithms by randomising some of the data they collect.
Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US
Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.
Brave beats other browsers in privacy study
Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.
Chrome 80 encryption change blocks AZORult password stealer
Evidence is emerging that a change made to Chrome 80 might have disrupted the popular data and user profile stealing malware AZORult.
Apple chops Safari’s TLS certificate validity down to one year
From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.
Firefox 73.0.1 fixes crashes, blank web pages and DRM niggles
Firefox version 73 has only been out for a week but already Mozilla has had to update it to v73.0.1 to fix a range of browser problems.
Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-off
Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising.
IE zero day and heap of RDP flaws fixed in February Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has finally patched the Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day flaw the company said in January was being used in “limited targeted attacks”.