Neowin News Feed for: Cookie

Brave 1.45, due in October, will block cookie consent notifications

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:32:01 +0000

Brave will let you block annoying cookie consent notifications in an upcoming version of the browser. Users will be asked if they want to block these notifications at the browser's first start. Read more...

Chrome is hitting version 100 today with cookie changes and multi-display improvements

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:00:01 +0000

Google Chrome version 100 is landing today with lots of improvements to cookie parsing, multi-monitor window placement, and a warning for websites utilizing unreduced user-agent strings. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox 86 with Total Cookie Protection

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:04:01 +0000

Mozilla has launched Firefox 86. It comes with a new anti-tracking tool, support for simultaneous Picture-in-Picture videos, a better printing screen, and performance and stability enhancements. Read more...

Opera Touch now has an option to remove cookie notifications

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:02:01 +0000

Opera has announced a new update for its mobile-oriented Opera Touch browser. In this update, Android and iOS users receive a cookie dialog blocker which should make the web less cumbersome. Read more...

New Microsoft Edge vulnerability allows hackers to steal your cookie and password data

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 12 May 2017 20:18:01 +0000

A flaw in Microsoft's in-house browser for Windows 10, Edge, has been discovered by a security researcher. The vulnerability would allow hackers to steal your cookie and password data. Read more...

Hulu and MSN using supercookies to track users

Mike Brown — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:25:21 +0000

A report from the Wall Street Journal has discovered a number of websites using a form of browser cookie that is difficult to trace, even harder to remove, and able to harvest far more data. Read more...

Cookie hijacking vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer

Denis Wong — Fri, 27 May 2011 07:06:03 +0000

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer, including IE9, on all versions of Windows. This vulnerability allows hackers to steal login information for any sites requiring passwords. The theft... Read more...

MySQL : one tough open source cookie

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:17:12 +0000

MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that were recently sniffed out by an independent inspection company. ... Read more...

Intel caught with hand in 4U Opteron cookie jar

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:06:48 +0000

SOURCES SAID that Intel has bought a number of Opteron based servers from Appro, and that AMD knows about it. The 4U four way servers from Appro, a system builder, are part of AMD's validated... Read more...

Hotmail at Risk to Cookie Thieves

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 04:32:46 +0000

Thanks Hatter for this. MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited. The trick... Read more...

Europe gets strict with cookie use!

Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:25:45 +0000

In efforts to boost confidence in the Internet, the European Parliament on Tuesday backed draft proposals to restrict the use of digital tracking devices known as "cookies". In the latest twist to... Read more...

IE 5.5/6 Vunerability: Cookie data in IE can be exposed or altered

Fri, 09 Nov 2001 12:43:23 +0000

Microsoft have released a security bulletin (but no patch!) to inform users that a vunerability exists in IE 5.5 and 6.0 which can allow the exposure and altering of data in cookies. ... Read more...

Cookie ban move could hit Australian e-commerce: IIA

Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:55:26 +0000

One of e-commerce's key technologies the cookie may be banned by the European Parliament, sparking concern from the Australian Internet industry. Cookies are the small computer files used to store information about... Read more...