4.6 - Let’s Pour Cold Water on Your F A V I C O N S!

Security Noise

Feb 12, 2021•31 min

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Episode description

Welcome to the Trusted Security Podcast – a podcast dedicated to bringing the latest news on information security and the industry. This episode features the following members: Geoff Walton, Rob Simon, Justin Bollinger.

Stories of Interest

Title: Tales of F A V I C O N S and Caches: Persistent Tracking in Modern Browsers

URL: https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/solomos-ndss21.pdf

ALT URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v5y7/browser-favicons-can-be-used-as-undeletable-supercookies-to-track-you-online

Authors: Konstantinos Solomos, John Kristoff, Chris Kanich, Jason Polakis

Title: Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies

URL: https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610

Author: Alex Birsan

Title: Florida city attacked by a hacker trying to poison its drinking water

URL: https://www.engadget.com/oldsmar-florida-water-treatment-hack-225713558.html

Author: I. Bonifacic

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