Security News

Researchers Earn $270,000 for Firefox, Edge Hacks at Pwn2Own 2019
2019-03-22 06:30

White hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 on the second day of the Pwn2Own hacking competition for demonstrating exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. read more

Windows Hello Support Added to Firefox 66
2019-03-20 20:12

Mozilla this week released Firefox 66 with support for Windows Hello for Web Authentication on Windows 10, as well as with patches for 21 vulnerabilities.  The newly added support for Windows...

Firefox 66 now blocks autoplaying audio by default
2019-03-20 12:00

From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.

Chrome, Firefox Get Windows Defender Application Guard Extensions
2019-03-18 14:16

Microsoft is extending the protection capabilities of Windows Defender Application Guard with the release of browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox.  read more

Mozilla releases Firefox Send, a free encrypted file transfer service
2019-03-13 11:18

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 securely share files of...

Firefox Send — Free Encrypted File Transfer Service Now Available For All
2019-03-13 08:48

Mozilla has made it easy for you to share large files securely and privately with whomever you want, eliminating the need to depend upon less secure free third-party services or file upload tools...

Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor
2019-03-08 12:04

Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web.

Mozilla will use AI coding assistant to preemptively catch Firefox bugs
2019-02-15 06:30

Mozilla will start using Clever-Commit, an AI coding assistant developed by Ubisoft, to make the Firefox code-writing process more efficient and to prevent the introduction of bugs in the code....

Site Isolation is Coming to Firefox
2019-02-08 15:25

Mozilla is getting ready to boost the security of Firefox users with the addition of Site Isolation in the not too distant future.  read more

Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio
2019-02-06 12:15

From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.