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New 'CookieMiner' malware aims to steal cryptocurrency logins from Mac owners

Newly-discovered Mac malware is geared toward stealing browser cookies for cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase and Bittrex, security researchers say.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 9

Apple testing USB security key support for Safari

Apple's latest Safari Technology Preview includes support for the WebAuthentication API, which allows users to validate website login credentials via hardware security keys that typically come in the form of a USB stick.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 9

Safari vulnerability lets hackers swipe recently deleted photos from iPhone X

White-hat hackers Richard Zhu and Amat Cama at the Mobile Pwn2Own contest on Wednesday leveraged a previously unknown exploit that allowed the pair to extract a supposedly deleted photo from an iPhone X running the latest iOS 12.1.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 16

Users spending hours on their smartphone, but they're using them like a PC, not a phone

Nearly half of smartphone users report spending more than five hours a day on their phone, with one in four reporting more than seven hours per day. But rather than making calls all day, smartphone users are primally using them as mobile PCs — browsing the web and playing games.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 19

How to switch on iOS 12's Safari favicons for easier tab navigation

Something we almost take for granted on desktop Web browsers is favicons — tiny icons that identify a tab at a glance, which can be particularly handy when you have a dozen open at a time.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 8

$1.3 billion iPhone Safari cookie suit against Google shut down by UK courts

Early Monday, London's High Court shut down a representative action — or class action — suit against Google that alleged that the company had illegally collected users' internet habits for tailored advertising purposes from 5.4 million iPhone users.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 1

Firefox gets support for Google's WebP image format, leaving Apple Safari as main holdout

Mozilla this week announced that it will support Google's compressed WebP image format in Firefox, leaving Apple's Safari as the one flagship browser without any compatibility.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 5

Google could be paying Apple $9B or more to stay Safari's default search engine

A new estimate suggests that Google will end up paying in excess of $9 billion to stay the default search tool in Apple's Safari browser this year, and possibly far more in 2019.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 33

Apple pulls conspiracy theories, debunked news from Safari's 'Siri Suggested Websites'

Apple this week removed references to questionable online content from Safari's "Siri Suggested Websites" feature after an investigation found the service surfacing articles and video relating to conspiracy theories, "fake news" and other sensationalist items.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 0

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