Security News

Firefox’s major Quantum upgrade now rolling out to everyone
2017-11-14 14:00

It's as much as twice as fast as it was a year ago.

Firefox 57 "Quantum" Released – 2x Faster Web Browser
2017-11-14 09:27

It is time to give Firefox another chance. The Mozilla Foundation today announced the release of its much awaited Firefox 57, aka Quantum web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which claims to...

November Patch Tuesday forecast: .NET, Adobe, Firefox and more
2017-11-13 13:00

Fall is upon us and the holidays are right around the corner! But before we continue shopping, we need to cover a few security topics for this month. KRACK vulnerability The hot topic right now is...

Firefox Bolsters Privacy, Pulls Plug on Browser Canvas Fingerprinting
2017-10-31 18:15

Firefox is to stop using the privacy-busting canvas-based browser fingerprinting that allows websites to track users’ online activities.

Firefox to Block Canvas-based Browser Fingerprinting
2017-10-31 15:35

Firefox will soon provide users with increased privacy by blocking browser fingerprinting performed through the HTML5 canvas element. read more

Firefox 58 to Block Canvas Browser Fingerprinting By Default to Stop Online Tracking
2017-10-31 03:36

Do you know? Thousands of websites use HTML5 Canvas—a method supported by all major browsers that allow websites to dynamically draw graphics on web pages—to track and potentially identify users...

Firefox will soon block canvas-based browser fingerprinting attempts
2017-10-30 20:55

Starting with Firefox 58, users will be able to refuse websites’ requests for information extracted via the HTML5 canvas element, which can be used to fingerprint their browsers. What is browser...

Firefox 57 to Get New XSS Protections
2017-10-06 16:06

Mozilla this week announced plans to boost the Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) protections in Firefox by treating data URLs as unique origin. read more

Firefox Support for Windows XP and Vista Ends June 2018
2017-10-05 10:34

After annoucing in December 2016 that it plans to move Windows XP and Vista users to Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), Mozilla this week announced that support for the two operating systems...

Mozilla Implements Faster Diffie-Hellman Function in Firefox
2017-09-15 02:40

Mozilla on this week revealed plans to introduce a new key establishment algorithm in Firefox to improve both security and performance of the web browser. read more