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Just two days after releasing Firefox 72, Mozilla has issued an update to patch a critical zero-day flaw. Some Linux distros and many businesses stick to Firefox's Extended Support Release because it gets security fixes at the same pace as the regular version, but doesn't force you to take on new features at every update.
Mozilla has patched a Firefox zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited in attacks in the wild and is urging Firefox and Firefox ESR users to update their installations as soon as possible. A day after Mozilla released Firefox 72 - which blocks fingerprinting scripts by default for all users, replaces annoying notification request pop-ups from various sites with a speech bubble in the address bar, and fixes a number of security issues - the corporation pushed out Firefox 72.0.1 with a fix for CVE-2019-17026, a type confusion vulnerability in IonMonkey, the JavaScript Just-In-Time compiler for Mozilla's JavaScript engine.
Updates released by Mozilla on Wednesday for its Firefox browser address a zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in targeted attacks. Mozilla says it's aware of targeted attacks exploiting this zero-day, but no other information has been made available.
Attention! Are you using Firefox as your web browsing software on your Windows, Linux, or Mac systems? If yes, you should immediately update your free and open-source Firefox web browser to the latest version available on Mozilla's website.
UPDATE. Mozilla patched a critical vulnerability actively being exploited in the wild with its latest update to the Firefox browser. The disclosure came a day after Mozilla released its latest Firefox 72 browser on Tuesday.
Mozilla this week released Firefox 72 to the stable channel with advanced privacy protections that involve the blocking of fingerprinting scripts by default. The release of Firefox 72 this week marked another milestone in the organization's effort toward a more private browsing experience, by expanding the protection to also include browser fingerprinting.
Set to be released next week, Firefox 72 will provide users with an option to delete the telemetry data that the browser collects from them, Mozilla says. Specifically, the CCPA enables people to learn more about the personal information that is being collected on them, to access the data and correct or delete it, to be informed on the third parties the data is being shared with, and to opt out of the sale of the data.
Fingerprinting is a new way of tracking your online usage. Find out what this is and how to make sure Firefox is blocking it.
Firefox users will be getting private and secure encrypted Domain Name System (DNS) services from NextDNS, after Mozilla added the company to its Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) program. read more
Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.