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Mozilla Firefox will require user intervention to connect to websites using the TLS 1.0 or 1.1 protocol from March 2020 - and plans to eventually block those weak HTTPS connections entirely. Web servers should really be using TLS 1.2 or 1.3 for their encrypted and secure HTTPS connections.
Mozilla offers users a service that will send alerts for account breaches associated with email addresses. The service compares any email address you setup to monitor against known data breaches and reports back if any of those breaches has exposed your info and how many of your passwords have been compromised across the breaches.
Mozilla offers users a service that will send alerts for account breaches associated with email addresses. Find out how to use Firefox Monitor.
The nature of the banned extensions is difficult to say - Mozilla lists them on Bugzilla using only the IDs they used on addons. The hard ban on extensions that execute remote code seems to have happened around the time pre-release versions of Firefox 72 hove into view, but this was only noticed by some developers and users when the company abruptly banned several page translation extensions in November.
Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on.
UPDATE. Both the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox teams are cracking down on web browser extensions that steal user data and execute remote code, among other bad actions. In this case, Google said that after becoming aware of a widespread pattern of pernicious behavior on the part of a large number of Chrome extensions, it has disabled extensions that contain a monetary component - those that are paid for, offer in-browser transactions and those that offer subscription services.
Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on. How to install the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on in Firefox.
You'll be surprised at how many devices, apps, and services are associated with your Firefox cloud account. Find out how to remove them.
New versions of the ransomware now sniff out saved credentials for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Google Chrome and Microsoft Outlook. FTCODE, a PowerShell-based ransomware that targets Italian-language users, has added new capabilities, including the ability to swipe saved web browser and email client credentials from victims.
You'll be surprised at how many devices, apps, and services are associated with your Firefox cloud account. Thing is, those devices and apps can add up-until your Firefox cloud account could become a security risk.