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News A browser request is first sent via a switch to a machine on the ISP network, which then redirects the user to the Phorm Webwise server to have an anonymised cookie attached to it, allowing Phorm to serve targeted ads to the user.
[18 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The server side of your connection to a web server can place certain information in the cookie, then give the cookie to your browser. On some other page, the server can ask your browser for the cookie, and retrieve the information previously stored.
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment Essentially, an attacker can use a malicious page to request information from another site using the user's active session cookie. Because it can allow attackers to run code in the user's browser, the possibilities are limitless - attackers can...
[26 Nov 2007]
whitepaper When a web server or CGI script wants to save some state information, it creates a cookie or two and sends them to the browser inside the HTTP header. A cookie is just a name=value pair, much like the named parameters used in the CGI query string...
[25 Oct 2007]
News Dix said that Google renewing the cookie every time a person used either Google or a site using Google applications, such as Google Analytics, was not a major privacy concern, as users could control cookies by configuring their browser.
[19 Jul 2007]
News Under the new policy, which it expects to have fully implemented by the end of the year, the company will make the final eight bits of the IP address and the cookie data anonymous after somewhere between 18 and 24 months, unless legally required...
[15 Mar 2007]
News The location.hostname vulnerability Schroepfer referred to was the Firefox cookie flaw discovered by Michal Zalewski, an "ethical hacker" from Poland. Mozilla has released updates to its Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client for Mac, Linux...
[26 Feb 2007]
News One is similar to the IE problem, while the other could let miscreants change cookie files stored on a PC running the vulnerable browser. In addition, another Firefox flaw could let attackers change cookie files on the user's PC, he said.
[19 Feb 2007]
whitepaper This sample chapter from O'Reilly's PHP Cookbook shows how to program some of the building blocks of dynamic content with PHP, such as cookie handling, session tracking, authentication, error handling, browser detection, and more.
[18 May 2006]
whitepaper This chapter covers the following topics:How to Use the Right Security SettingsHow to Use the Pop-Up BlockerHow to Stop Drive-by DownloadsCustomizing IE Cookie HandlingAlternative Web browsersTitle: PC Pest Control
[17 May 2006]
whitepaper The proposed technique, dubbed Semantic Cookies, will be implemented by storing a user's RDF in a cookie on their own computer through the browser. The Semantic Web is currently best known for adding metadata to web pages to allow computers to...
[23 Feb 2006]
News Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer, said: "If you visit a malicious website, it can steal cookie information from other websites you have previously visited. Two vulnerabilities in the popular Firefox browser have been rated...
[10 May 2005]
News Clive Longbottom, an analyst at Quocirca, said: "A cookie on its own won't do it, but combined with spyware it is [dangerous]. Cookies are files used by legitimate websites to gather information about a user's activity on that site and are present...
[04 May 2005]
whitepaper Do not reveal personal information inadvertently; Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries, Keep a "clean" e-mail address, Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends...
[16 Dec 2004]
whitepaper Are you aware that Microsoft has started to release its new browser, Internet Explorer (IE 6), which incorporates an implementation of the P3P privacy platform? This step could significantly affect your Web site’s ability to set cookies to...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper The server side of your connection to a web server can place certain information in the cookie, then give the cookie to your browser. On some other page, the server can ask your browser for the cookie, and retrieve the information previously stored.
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Following what the DoubleClick server claimed to be a successful opt out, we noticed that the next fetch from a tracked resource would initiate the process of injecting a unique tracking cookie into the browser even though a truly successful opt...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper The system is designed to identify users persistently, without using an HTTP cookie, thus bypassing any privacy-enhancing technologies like cookie management software or browser configurations. Numerous DVD titles from major movie producers between...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper Unlike traditional Layer 3/4 switch vendors that have only recently started to enhance their products with basic limited cookie and Universal Resource Locator (URL) filtering software capabilities, Cisco Web NS software was designed from the...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper It explains how modification of HTTP headers can cause possible system access, cookie theft/poisoning, tricked advertising, database injection, and other bad things in web statistical software. When people visit your website, certain information is...
[24 Feb 2004]
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