Back in January 2020, we blogged about a tech support scam campaign dubbed WoofLocker that was by far using the most complex…
Tag: fingerprinting
Malvertisers up their game against researchers
Threat actors constantly take notice of the work and takedown efforts initiated by security researchers. In this constant game of cat and…
Google’s “browse privately” is nothing more than a word play, lawyers say
Google will have to appear in court after a judge denied their request for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by…
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…
How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser
Is my browser making an effort to keep my system safe and my online behavior private? This is usually not the…
Browser-based fingerprinting: implications and mitigations
Update (04/12/2017): The INRIA has a tool to fingerprint browser extensions and detect other other browser leaks. Update (03/17/2017): Microsoft patched CVE-2017-0022, reported…
Malvertising slowing down, but not out
We have not seen very many large scale malvertising attacks following the mysterious disappearance of the powerful Angler EK. The ones we…
Neutrino EK: fingerprinting in a Flash
Since the disappearance of Angler EK, exploit kit activity is at one of its lowest it has been in a long…
Magnitude EK malvertising campaign adds fingerprinting gate
When it comes to malvertising, the Angler exploit kit is almost always the weapon of choice used by cyber criminals to…
A Look Into Malvertising Attacks Targeting The UK
We recently stumbled upon a malvertising incident on a large British newspaper site which we decided to investigate in greater details….