New “HTTPS Everywhere” for Firefox and a beta for Chrome
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about …
Public beta of Flash Player sandbox for Firefox is out
A little over a year after the implementation of a Flash Player sandbox into Google Chrome, Adobe has announced the release of a public beta of its new Flash Player sandbox …
Firefox 9 closes security holes
Mozilla released Firefox 9 that fixes several security and stability issues. Crash when plugin removes itself on Mac OS X FireBreath developer Richard Bateman reported a crash …
Chrome is the most secure browser, claims new study
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer does a better job protecting systems from attackers who already have gained some degree of access than Mozilla’s Firefox, and …
Is the Firefox 10 silent update feature a good thing?
Mozilla is planning to implement silent background updates in the upcoming version of Firefox 10, which could be very bad news on the security front, according to Philip …
Firefox 8.0 brings security and stability fixes
Mozilla released Firefox 8.0 that fixes several security and stability issues. Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default, as if add-on management …
Browser bloat and privacy concerns
An increase in browser-based bloat and malware, and growing concern over online tracking technology, will top the technology trends in 2012, according to SlimWare Utilities. …
Firefox 7 search yields unwanted results
Firefox is the second most widely used browser in the world, so we can be sure that malicious individuals are already working on ways to take advantage of yesterday’s …
Mozilla requests Firefox CAs to confirm they haven’t been compromised
As Google began notifying users that have been possibly affected by man-in-the-middle attacks through the use of the rogue SSL certificate issued by compromised CA DigiNotar, …
Firefox 6.0.2 removes trust to DigiNotar CA
Mozilla released Firefox 6.0.2 that removes trust exceptions for certificates issued by Staat der Nederlanden and therefore offers additional protection against fraudulent …
Third-party Firefox add-ons to be blocked automatically
Mozilla has decided to put a stop to the automatic installing of Firefox add-ons by third-party applications, as unwanted and disused add-ons can sometimes affect the …
Malicious fake Firefox update spam run
Fake notices about a Firefox update are again targeting the browser’s users, says Sophos. A rather plain message supposedly coming from Mozilla instructs users to follow …