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Maxthon Web Browser Sends Sensitive Data To China (securityweek.com)
Reader wiredmikey writes: Security experts have discovered that the Maxthon web browser collects sensitive information and sends it to a server in China. Researchers warn that the harvested data could be highly valuable for malicious actors. Researchers at Fidelis Cybersecurity and Poland-based Exatel recently found that Maxthon regularly sends a file named ueipdata.zip to a server in Beijing, China, via HTTP. Further analysis (PDF) revealed that ueipdata.zip contains an encrypted file named dat.txt. This file stores information on the operating system, CPU, ad blocker status, homepage URL, websites visited by the user (including online searches), and installed applications and their version number. Interestingly, In 2013, after the NSA surveillance scandal broke, the company boasted about its focus on privacy and security, and the use of strong encryption.
the company boasted about its focus on [...] strong encryption.
Well... they are using encryption to send that data, apparently. Can't say they didn't warn ya.
Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
So Linux secretly sends data to china?
According to many, it IS a communist plot.
No, the linux kernel sends all your activity to Linus at his alma mater in Finland hosted on a personal computer running Intel 80386. The 400 MB hard driver is almost full.
yup my windows 10 would never do that.