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South Korea Counts Its Cyber War Losses
Strategy Page South Korea has been subjected to a growing number of Cyber War attacks since 2009 and the high cost of the latest ones shows that the North Koreans are getting better and that South Korea is not keeping up. But the South Koreans are making some … |
Mozilla has released Lightbeam, a Firefox add-on that aims to help people understand and visualize the data tracking that occurs online.
Lightbeam is the second iteration of an experimental add-on called Collusion, which was a personal project launched by Mozilla software developer Atul Varma. The browser extension creates a real-time graph of all of the tracking cookies being deposited on your browser as you move from site to site. It can distinguish between behavioral tracking cookies and non-behavioral ones. The idea is that users can better understand which sites are using the same behaviorally targeted advertisements (ahem, Criteo).
The tool aims to highlight both the first- and third-party companies that people interact with as they travel across the Web. It shows a map of the websites you visit and highlights the third parties that are also active on those pages. It will analyze the relationships between various first- and third-party sites that are stored in your online data.
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UN Nuclear Agency Computers Infected with Malware
Infosecurity Magazine A witness statement filed in the high court London claims that Gamma International's FinFisher (FinSpy) covert surveillance software targeted the computer of a leading Bahraini activist who holds dual British and Bahraini citizenship. See a stick and … |
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Google Ideas Map Shows What Cyber Warfare Looks Like Today
techPresident A swirling vortex hovers over Washington D.C. and brightly colored dots pour into the city from above. Elsewhere—in China, France and Brazil, for example—less impressive streams penetrate their capital cities as well. What looks at first glance like … |
