Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Many of the words we use in the modern-day tech lexicon have surprising origins. OK, so the mouse is obvious, because it looks like a mouse. But we bet a lot of you didn’t know that the Bluetooth you use to…
Center for Internet and Society Launches “Cookie Clearinghouse” to Enable User Choice for Online Tracking
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School launched a new online privacy initiative today called the “Cookie Clearinghouse,” which will empower Internet users to make informed choices about online privacy. The Cookie Clearinghouse is being spearheaded by Aleecia M. McDonald, the Director of Privacy at CIS….
EXCLUSIVE : Hotmail and Outlook Cookie Handling Vulnerability allow account Hijacking
This Friday I was with my co-security researcher “Christy Philip Mathew” and we were there in THN Lab for analyzing Cookie Handling Vulnerability in the most famous email services, Hotmail and Outlook. Both are merged now and belongs to same parent company – Microsoft. Vulnerability allow attacker to Hijack accounts in…
Microsoft researchers discover malicious cookie scheme
Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analysing commonly collected web-log data incidentally discovered a cookie-forwarding scheme that can be used to aid session hijacking. If put into play, the scheme could clandestinely forward stolen session cookies to individual zombie machines in botnets that could use…
ProtectMyID: Limit cookies: By tracking your web activity, a cookie may have info about your passwords and #creditcard numbers. #101tips
ProtectMyID: Limit cookies: By tracking your web activity, a cookie may have info about your passwords and #creditcard numbers. #101tips View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Facebook tracking cookie returns, according to hacker
The datr cookie, which can be used for tracking users, is once again being set on third-party websites with a Facebook social plugin – whether you are logged in or logged out of the service. View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Facebook Cookie Tracks Users Even When They’re Logged Out [Facebook]
# facebook It’s no secret that Facebook and privacy have had some issues. Take today, for example. Thanks to a modified cookie, Facebook knows where you are online—even when you’re not logged into Facebook. More » View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…