by Ralf Schwoerer | Feb 25, 2021 | Privacy, Security
Browser ‘Favicons’ Can Be Used as Undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to Track You Online Favicons are one of those things that basically every website uses but no one thinks about. When you’ve got 100 tabs open, the little icon at the start of every browser tab provides a...
by Media Release | Feb 22, 2021 | Privacy, Security
IN AN APPLE commercial that was on heavy rotation last fall, people go around telling strangers intimate information about themselves. “I browsed eight sites for divorce attorneys today,” a guy shouts to a bus full of passengers. A beautiful woman informs a passerby,...
by Media Release | Feb 19, 2021 | Hacker, Privacy, Security
New details have emerged about the remote computer intrusion at a Florida water treatment facility last Friday, highlighting a lack of adequate security measures needed to bulletproof critical infrastructure environments. The breach involved an unsuccessful attempt on...
by Media Release | Feb 19, 2021 | Hacker, Privacy, Security
The use of hidden ‘spy pixels’ in standard emails is now ‘endemic’, according to an investigation by email service Hey. Hey analysed its traffic at the BBC’s request and discovered that nearly two-thirds of emails sent to users contained...
by Media Release | Feb 15, 2021 | Cyberattack, Hacker, Privacy, Security
This phishing email promises you a bonus – but actually delivers this Windows trojan malware A new phishing campaign is attempting to lure victims into downloading the latest version of a malware trojan – and it has links to one of the most prolific...
