Security News

Firefox Now Has Fingerprinting and Crypto-mining Protection
2019-05-21 20:33

Mozilla this week released Firefox 67 to the stable channel with improved protection against tracking and with fingerprinting and crypto-mining protection capabilities.  read more

Firefox add-ons with obfuscated code will be banned by Mozilla
2019-05-07 10:05

The updated Add-on Policy aims to rid Firefox of third-party malicious code that hides what it's really up to.

Certificate issue disabling add-ons in Firefox and Tor Browser finally fixed
2019-05-06 16:49

Mozilla forces third party add-ons to be digitally signed, though an expired certificate disabled these, causing confusion among users of Firefox and the Tor Browser over the weekend.

Mozilla Bans Firefox Extensions Containing Obfuscated Code
2019-05-03 15:55

Mozilla this week announced plans to update its Add-on Policy for Firefox, to ban extensions that contain obfuscated code. The change, which will enter into effect on June 10, 2019, is expected to...

Mozilla will block Firefox add-ons that contain obfuscated code
2019-05-03 09:53

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 will continue to allow...

How Mozilla uses AI to manage Firefox bug reports
2019-04-10 13:44

The company created a homegrown artificial intelligence tool dubbed BugBug to classify and categorize each bug report.

Firefox draws battle lines against push notification spam
2019-04-08 10:53

Mozilla doesn’t yet know how to solve the problem of website push notification spam in the Firefox browser, but it’s working on it.

How to install and use Firefox Lockbox
2019-04-01 21:17

Firefox Lockbox allows you to easily view your saved Firefox passwords and is a viable tool for certain users.

Firefox brings Lockbox password manager to Android’s autofill
2019-03-28 11:12

All your saved Firefox passwords, now happily inserting themselves into your Android-verse!

Firefox and Edge Fall to Hackers on Day Two of Pwn2Own
2019-03-22 20:28

Browsers Firefox and Edge take a beating on day two of the Pwn2Own competition.