Security News

DigiCert Addresses Mozilla's Concerns on Symantec CA Acquisition
2017-11-01 14:13

DigiCert has addressed the concerns raised by Mozilla and others regarding the company’s acquisition of Symantec’s certificate business after some web browser vendors announced that certificates...

Mozilla Raises Concerns Over DigiCert Acquiring Symantec CA
2017-10-31 14:32

Mozilla has raised some concerns regarding DigiCert acquiring Symantec’s website security and related public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions after major web browser vendors announced that...

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

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

Mozilla sets up private, encrypted file sharing service for large files (Help Net Security)
2017-08-04 18:10

Mozilla has launched an online service for private sharing of encrypted files between two users. It’s called Send, and it’s meant to ensure users’ shared files do not remain online forever....

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...

Majority of Sites Fail Mozilla’s Comprehensive Security Review (Threatpost)
2017-06-30 17:11

A thorough review of the top 1 million websites reveals 93 percent fail Mozilla’s Observatory security review.

Websites Increasingly Using Security Technologies: Mozilla (Security Week)
2017-06-29 16:12

An analysis conducted using Mozilla’s Observatory tool has showed that modern security technologies are increasingly used by Alexa top 1 million websites. read more

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...