Firefox to prevent sites from tracking users by checking their battery status
Version 52 of the popular Firefox browser will no longer allow websites to access the Battery Status API and the information it can provide about the visitor’s device. …
Kovter malware masquerades as Firefox update
Click-ad-fraud Kovter malware, packaged as a legitimate Firefox browser update, is being delivered to unsuspecting victims via drive-by-download attacks. Kovter, which also …
Mozilla fights in court to get info about potential Firefox flaw
Mozilla has asked a Washington State District Court to compel FBI investigators to provide details about a vulnerability in the Tor Browser with them before they share it with …
Mozilla blocks popular Firefox add-on due to security issues
Mozilla has put the YouTube Unblocker add-on on its “blocklist”, as it has been discovered that it was changing users’ security settings and covertly …
Firefox 42 is out, with many privacy and security improvements
Mozilla has released Firefox 42, and with it, a new feature that should increase user privacy online.It’s called Tracking Protection and it’s incorporated into the …
SHA-2 encryption will make many sites inaccessible to users who can’t afford newer tech
A group of security researchers has recently announced that it’s highly likely that effective collision attacks that would break SHA-1 encryption will be revealed by the …
Firefox 41 includes critical security updates
Mozilla released Firefox 41.. This latest version comes with includes four critical, five high, nine moderate and one minor security update.Fixed in Firefox 41: 2015-114 …
Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year
Mozilla has announced on Friday that an attacker managed to access security-sensitive information about a considerable number of (at the time) unpatched Firefox …
Mozilla is experimenting with improved Private Browsing
Mozilla Foundation is again aiming to boost the privacy of Firefox users, and is beginning to test a new, improved kind of Private Browsing.“All major browsers offer …
Firefox 40: New features and critical security updates
Mozilla released Firefox 40. The update includes four critical, seven high and two moderate security updates. The new release now issues a warning if you visit a page known to …
File-stealing Firefox bug exploited in the wild, patch immediately!
A critical Firefox vulnerability has been spotted being exploited in the wild.The bug, reported by security researcher Cody Crews, allows attackers to violate Firefox’ …
EFF’s Privacy Badger prevents users being tracked online
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has finally released version 1.0 of Privacy Badger, a browser extension that blocks some of the sneakiest trackers that try to spy on your …
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