Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and…
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Will Google’s Privacy Sandbox take the bite out of tracking cookies?
Third-party cookies have been the lynchpin of online advertising for many years. Plans to phase cookies out forever continue to run…
Mac threat detections on the rise in 2019
Conventional wisdom has been that, although not invulnerable to cyberthreats (as some old Apple ads would have you believe), Macs are…
Hyperlink auditing: where has my option to disable it gone?
There is a relatively old method that might be gaining traction to follow users around on the world wide web. Most…
A week in security (February 4 – 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a closer look at the technical and reputational challenges for Facebook as it tries…
Browser push notifications: a feature asking to be abused
“I’m seeing a lot of ads popping up in the corner of my screen, and the Malwarebytes scan does not show…
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…
Tech support scam page triggers denial-of-service attack on Macs
Tech support scammers have been using various themes to push fake alerts to scare users into calling for assistance. These fall into…
Clipboard poisoning attacks on the Mac
Graham Cluley drew my attention the other day to an issue that has apparently been known to some for years, but was…
Fake Safari update installs MacKeeper, ZipCloud
Last week, we discovered a new version of the InstallCore installer that displays an unpleasant new trick: it pretends to be…