Mozilla

How secure is your web browser?

July 16, 2020

NSS Labs released the results of its web browser security test after testing Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, for phishing protection and malware …

Which video call apps should you use if you care about privacy?

April 28, 2020

To help individuals and organizations choose video call apps that suit their needs and their risk appetite, Mozilla has released a new “Privacy Not Included” …

Mozilla will fund open source COVID-19-related technology projects

April 2, 2020

Have you come up with hardware or software that can help solve a problem that arose from COVID-19 and its worldwide spread? Mozilla is offering up to $50,000 to open source …

GitHub Security Lab aims to make open source software more secure

November 15, 2019

GitHub, the world’s largest open source code repository and leading software development platform, has launched GitHub Security Lab. “Our team will lead by …

Firefox 70 lets users track online trackers

October 23, 2019

Mozilla has released Firefox 70.0, which delivers performance and power consumption improvements, helpful browser features, new options for developers and, most prominently, …

Critical command execution vulnerability in iTerm2 patched, upgrade ASAP!

October 10, 2019

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-9535) in iTerm2, a macOS terminal emulator frequently used by developers and system administrators, could allow attackers to take control of …

September 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Microsoft security update will be complete

September 6, 2019

Microsoft began an aggressive six-month campaign in March of this year to switch the digital signature on all operating system and product updates from using Secure Hash …

Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default

September 4, 2019

It took a lot of testing and tweaking, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser is finally being delivered with Enhanced Tracking Protection and a web-based cryptomining blocking …

Mozilla plugs critical Firefox zero-day used in targeted attacks

June 19, 2019

A critical Firefox zero-day remote code execution vulnerability is being abused in targeted attacks in the wild, Mozilla has warned on Tuesday. About the vulnerability …

Mozilla will block Firefox add-ons that contain obfuscated code

May 3, 2019

Mozilla has announced that, starting from June 10, Firefox add-ons containing obfuscated code will no longer be allowed on its Add-ons portal and will be blocked. “We …

Public-interest technology: Why companies should get involved

March 14, 2019

“For the last 15 or 20 years, anything Silicon Valley companies did was seemingly in the public interest, and society has encouraged that view until quite …

Mozilla releases Firefox Send, a free encrypted file transfer service

March 13, 2019

Mozilla has released the finalized version of Firefox Send, its free encrypted file transfer service that allows users to share files from any browser. With Send, users can …