If you’re using an ad blocker to filter out online commercials, then beware: You might be vulnerable to a new attack revealed on Monday that enables hackers to compromise your browser.
Tag Archives: Web Browsers
Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users
Nearly four years after it was replaced by Edge as Microsoft’s preferred Windows browser, researchers keep finding unpleasant security flaws in Internet Explorer (IE).
Microsoft’s Edge browser reborn after Chromium makeover
After three years of embarrassing rejection, might Microsoft’s newly-Chromed Edge browser be on the up?
Chrome, Safari and Opera criticised for removing privacy setting
Forthcoming versions of the Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera are in the process of removing the ability to disable a long-ignored tracking feature called hyperlink auditing pings.
Firefox draws battle lines against push notification spam
Mozilla doesn’t yet know how to solve the problem of website push notification spam in the Firefox browser, but it’s working on it.
Firefox brings Lockbox password manager to Android’s autofill
All your saved Firefox passwords, now happily inserting themselves into your Android-verse!
Opera brings back free VPN service to its Android browser
Opera lost its Android browser’s VPN after it was sold to a Chinese consortium, but now it’s back.
How to make DuckDuckGo your default Chrome search engine
Good news for the privacy-conscious. Chrome 73, released Tuesday, now includes the DuckDuckGo search engine as an option.
Chrome will soon block drive-by-download malvertising
A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.
Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor
Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web.