Browser Security News

Seems like all you have to do is mention “porn,” and the Internet Explorer (IE) 8 tipsters crawl out of the woodwork. IE 8 looking like a November releaseI noted yesterday that Microsoft only had 11 more days within which to deliver the more customer-focused IE 8 Beta 2 if it were to hit its [...]

Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers. Yet they routinely surf the Internet without giving a second thought to whether their browser is secure and their personal information safe. Unfortunately, it’s easy for someone with nefarious intentions to [...]

It’s well known that search engine operators, among others, record queries together with IP addresses. TrackMeNot is a boon for users who find that overly intrusive. The add-on blows a thick layer of fog by sending randomly selected queries in the background to all possible search engines. Queries actually sent by the user cannot be [...]

You’re at an open wireless hotspot, but you don’t want to send your web browsing data over it in plain text. Or you want to visit a non-work-approved web page from the office computer without the IT team finding out. Using a simple SSH command, you can encrypt all your web browsing traffic and redirect [...]

OperaTor is a software bundle that can be easily installed on a portable memory (pendrive, usb stick, hard drive) to allow anonymous surfing while at an internet cafe, library etc. It combines the power of the Opera Browser, The Onion Router and Privoxy. With OperaTor no data will be stored at the computer you plugged [...]

A new tool aimed at circumventing Internet filters used by some governments was released today, offering hopes for freer access to information for activists, journalists and others.
Psiphon, developed at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, is a human rights software project developed by the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies that allows [...]

GNU, which is a recursive acronym that stands for GNU is Not Unix, first set out in 1984 to develop a Unix-like operating system as Free Software.
It is now gearing up to provide a "free" version of Mozilla’s (not-so-free) Firefox browser. The GNU version is called IceWeasel and is part of the GNUzilla effort from [...]

A tweaked version of Firefox that makes Web browsing anonymous has been released by a group of privacy-minded coders.
Every few minutes, the Torpark browser causes a computer’s IP address to appear to change. IP addresses are numeric identifier given to computers on the Internet. The number can be used along with other data to potentially [...]

The new Browzar internet browser is promising users a way to surf the internet while disclosing only a limited amount of personal information.
In an attempt to protect the privacy of its users the application does not store cookies or a history of previously visited websites, nor does it maintain a cache or offer to auto-complete [...]

AllPeers released a beta Thursday of what it called the most ambitious Firefox extension to date, a peer-to-peer application that would allow friends and family to share files and content between one another in a private setting.
Unlike the major P2P networks, AllPeers allows the sharing of files securely and privately.
The application has been released on [...]