Security News

Mozilla to Completely Ban WoSign, StartCom Certificates in Firefox 58 (Security Week)
2017-09-01 13:35

Mozilla this week announced plans to completely remove trust in the digital certificates issued by Chinese certificate authority WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom starting with Firefox 58.  read more

Mozilla Fixes 29 Vulnerabilities in Firefox, Makes Flash Click-To-Activate (Threatpost)
2017-08-09 16:39

Mozilla fixed three critical vulnerabilities and made Flash click-to-activate by default when it released Firefox 55 on Tuesday

Firefox Makes Adobe Flash Click-to-Activate by Default (Security Week)
2017-08-09 11:17

Starting with the release of Firefox 55 this week, the Adobe Flash plugin is no longer active by default in Mozilla’s web browser, and users of the new version will be required to activate it for...

Mozilla Conducts Security Audit of Firefox Accounts (Security Week)
2017-07-19 13:09

Mozilla has asked Germany-based security firm Cure53 to conduct an audit of the Firefox Accounts system and researchers identified a total of 15 issues, including vulnerabilities rated critical...

Mozilla ports privacy-focused browser Firefox Focus to Android (Help Net Security)
2017-06-21 16:28

Less than a year since the release of Firefox Focus for iOS, Mozilla has ported the privacy-focused browser to Android. What is Firefox Focus? Firefox Focus is a simplified browser app that makes...

How to Speed Up Firefox With Multi-Process, If It's Not Working By Default (The Hackers News)
2017-06-19 01:43

After years of waiting, Mozilla last week launched Firefox 54 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, with multi-process support — a "major improvement" to improve your browsing experience — but...

Mozilla Fixes 32 Vulnerabilities in Firefox 54 (Threatpost)
2017-06-14 19:31

Mozilla fixed 32 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug that could have resulted in a crash, with the release Tuesday of Firefox 54, the latest version of its flagship browser.

Backdoored Firefox extension checks Instagram for C&C info (Help Net Security)
2017-06-07 17:06

Turla, an APT cyberespionage group that has been targeting corporations, intelligence and other government agencies for years, is using a malicious Firefox extension to backdoor targets’ systems....

Beware! Don't Fall for FireFox "HoeflerText Font Wasn't Found" Banking Malware Scam (The Hackers News)
2017-05-05 04:48

The malicious scam campaign, "The 'HoeflerText' font wasn't found," is back, which was previously targeting Google Chrome users to trick them into installing Spora ransomware on their computers....