The ongoing struggle between YouTube and ad blockers is turning ugly. Users are left with the choice between paying for Premium or watching ads.
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Hookup site targeted by typo-squatters
Ethical hacker and security researcher Kody Kinzie shared with BleepingComputer a list of over 50 domains of which many are spelling…
IIS extensions are on the rise as backdoors to servers
The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers….
You can be tracked online using your Chrome browser extensions
A researcher has found a way to generate a fingerprintof your device from your installed Google Chrome extensions, and then use…
Browser sync—what are the risks of turning it on?
Modern browsers include synchronization features (like Google Chrome’s Sync) so that all your browsers, on all your devices, share the same…
Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals
Search engines make money by showing users sponsored advertisements—a lot of money. This attracts attention, competition, and plenty who want a…
Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector
Some existing families of potentially unwanted programs and adware have added browser push notifications to their weapons arsenal. Offering themselves up…
Safari users: Where did your extensions go?
Safari 12 has brought with it some changes to how OSX handles browser extensions. At WWDC in June, Apple announced that…
Can search extensions keep your searches private?
One of the most common things most of us do on the Internet is search, whether we are looking up the…
Malicious gaming extensions: a child’s play to infection
Did you ever lend your laptop to a child to play a video game, only to get it back filled with…