Mozilla has patched a number of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox 44 and Firefox Extended Release 38.6, which were released this week.
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Mozilla Warns of SHA-1 Deprecation Side Effects
Mozilla warns Firefox users that the browser’s rejection of new SHA-1 certificates is keeping some users behind security scanners and antivirus software from reaching HTTPS sites.
Mozilla Embraces Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox 42
Mozilla has pushed a feature in Firefox live that allows Firefox web browsers to block certain page elements while browsing privately.
Avira Secure Browser: Breaking some eggs
Steve Jobs killed Flash on the IPhone. Flash is a way of viewing videos in the internet – and a top 10 way of getting infected with malware. It is old technology. HTML5, CSS and Javascript are replacing it. The internet is changing. But sadly some of the older web pages still use the old technology instead of switching.
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Mozilla’s Bugzilla breached
A cybercriminal has stolen and used “security sensitive information” from Mozilla’s Bugzilla to launch attacks on Firefox users, it has been revealed.
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Mozillas Bugzilla: Hacker Gained Access To Privileged Account
Bugzilla is the Mozilla bug database. Its purpose is to allow users to search for reported bugs and report new ones, according to its page. But what if it was compromised itself?
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Google, Mozilla, Microsoft to Sever RC4 Support in Early 2016
Google and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm.
Firefox 40 Begins Warning Users About Unsigned Add-Ons
With Tuesday’s release of Firefox 40, Mozilla has begun the process of requiring all add-ons for the browser to be signed. The company announced the forthcoming change in February, and Firefox 40 is the first version to warn users about unsigned add-ons. The goal for the change in policy is to protect users from malicious extensions […]
Mozilla Patches Bug Used in Active Attacks
Mozilla has released a patch for a vulnerability in Firefox that was discovered when a user found it being actively exploited in the wild.
Mozilla Disables Flash in Firefox
As the zero days in Adobe Flash continue to pile up, Mozilla has taken the unusual step of disabling by default all versions of Flash in Firefox. The move is a temporary one as Adobe prepares to patch two vulnerabilities in Flash that were discovered as a result of the HackingTeam document dump last week. […]