Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West
Cryptomining in the browser is all the rage lately. But what are the impacts for users when it is being abused by dubious publishers?
Explained: user agent
This post explains the pros and cons of using user agents when browsing the world wide web. What does it reveal and why?
Fireball Chinese malware and you
By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The threat intelligence and research teams at Check Point wrote a blog post last week describing the operation, what the threat does the system and the alarming potential the malware has for doing some serious damage. We delve into the worst case scenario with this situation and how to remove Fireball if you are infected.
Rogue Google Chrome Extension Spies On You
A fake calculator extension monitors your web browsing.
A Brief Guide to FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION is a setting that controls which Internet Explorer version certain browser controls should mimic. Although popular with browser hijackers and other adware, it is not a risk by itself.