Thursday, April 17th, 2008 You may think that you are anonymous as you browse web sites, but pieces of information about you are always left behind. You can reduce the amount of information revealed about you by visiting legitimate sites, checking privacy policies, and minimizing the amount of personal information you provide.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Is your PC infected with malware? Panda Security says it is, and they're putting their money where their mouth is. Submit to their free online scan and be found totally malware-free, and your company could bring in a cool $7,500. Or, if you're a consumer and you clear the scan, ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008 Security researcher Billy Rios has discovered a vulnerability in Google Spreadsheets which attackers can exploit using links to crafted tables to steal a user's cookie. According to Rios, the victim has to follow such a link in Internet Explorer. The stolen cookie can be used to access all Google services ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Previous versions of Firefox had the option to block or allow 3rd party cookies removed from the GUI and completely hidden from view. You had to go to about:config and change the value of network.cookie.cookieBehavior to "1" if you wanted to block them, or keep it at it's default of ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Q: I heard Yahoo was using "cookies" to track what people do on the Web, not only on their site but other sites. Is that true or a myth?A: It's actually true. Yahoo is using something called "Web beacons" or a "super cookie" that tracks not only where its users ...
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