Tag Archives: security

Chrome Extension Tracking User’s Activities

According to a discussion on Reddit, a Chrome extension “Smooth Gestures” was found tracking user’s activities. Continue reading

Think Twice Before Installing Any Chrome Extension

Chrome extension Awesome Screenshot manipulates Google’s search result pages and inserts Amazon affiliate links without user’s permission. Continue reading

Facebook Gets Full HTTPS Support

Facebook has announced full support for HTTPS, which is now available for all pages of the #1 social networking website. Earlier, only login pages had this feature, which makes using Facebook much secured. Continue reading

Proposal For Opting-out of Behavioral Ads From Mozilla (and Google?)

According to this proposal, users will be allowed to set a browser preference to disable the OBA, and this information will be sent to websites using HTTP header. Continue reading

Firefox 3.6.12 Fixes A Critical Security Issue

Mozilla has quickly released Firefox 3.6.12, which fixes a critical security issue. Users will be automatically prompted to update Firefox soon. Continue reading

Hardware Acceleration And HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in Firefox 4

Mozilla today released another beta version of Firefox. This release, Firefox 4 beta 5 has the Direct2D acceleration activated by default for Windows Vista/7. This Hardware acceleration feature makes page-drawing operations faster. Continue reading

Another Malicious Firefox Add-on Discovered : Mozilla Sniffer

This add-on, Mozilla Sniffer, sends all submitted password field form data to a remote location. Hence, it tries to steal passwords of users who have installed this malicious add-on. Continue reading

Search Google Anonymously And Securely

Google.com tracks your searches and keeps records of all your activities. This is generally used for providing relevant (?) search result and adverts. Continue reading

encrypted.google.com – Google’s Encrypted Search Gets A New Address

Google has changed the URL of its encrypted search service to https://encrypted.google.com. In past, this service was hosted on https://www.google.com. Continue reading

Encrypted Google Search Beta Launched

Google has just announced the launch of its encrypted search service. Users can access encrypted Google search through the site https://www.google.com. Continue reading