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The man who created the first pop-up ad says ‘sorry’

15

Aug

2014

Ethan Zuckerman was a designer and programmer for the early web-hosting service Tripod.com when a car company freaked out. The unspecified manufacturer had bought a banner ad on a page that celebrated anal sex, and was not too pleased at the association of its brand with sexual escapades. Thanks to work from Netscape and Opera, […]

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Malware Risk in Europe Increased by Outdated Browser Plugins

28

Jul

2014

Cybercriminals always look for the weakest link they can leverage to make as many victims as possible, and it looks like web browsers with out-of-date plugins are the norm in Europe.According to the latest statistics from the Germany-based Cyscon GmbH, a company specializing in detecting an mitigating cyber threats, the users of most countries in […]

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The creepiest Internet tracking tool yet is ‘virtually impossible’ to block

23

Jul

2014

Internet users who are actively trying to make sure their online activity isn’t tracked by websites or government agencies should know there’s an even creepier tracking tool out there used by a variety of websites, “from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn,” as ProPublica puts it, that’s almost impossible to block. Called “canvas fingerprinting,” the tool built by […]

Category CA Technologies Cyber-crime Tech Tracking Written by Yahoo 0 Comments

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