Articles tagged with Firefox

Firefox 58 Released for Linux, Mac, and Windows

The Mozilla Foundation has made Firefox 58 files available for download on its official FTP servers. An official announcement will be made later today when the organization will also release the final changelog.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 23, 2018
- 10:42 AM
- 2
Mozilla Restricts All New Firefox Features to HTTPS Only

In a groundbreaking statement earlier this week, Mozilla announced that all web-based features that will ship with Firefox in the future must be served on over a secure HTTPS connection (a "secure context").
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 17, 2018
- 04:00 AM
- 3
Mozilla Tests Firefox "Tab Warming"

Mozilla is currently testing a new feature called "Tab Warming" that engineers hope will improve the tab switching process.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 14, 2018
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Mozilla Confirms Web-Based Execution Vector for Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

Mozilla has officially confirmed that the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws can be exploited via web content such as JavaScript files in order to extract information from users visiting a web page.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 04, 2018
- 08:05 AM
- 7
Mozilla Will Delete Firefox Crash Reports Collected by Accident

Mozilla said last week it would delete all telemetry data collected because of a bug in the Firefox crash reporter.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 02, 2018
- 10:53 AM
- 2
Firefox Will Now Delay the Loading of Tracking Scripts

Firefox 57, released last month, includes a secret feature that will delay the loading of tracking scripts —JavaScript code loaded from known tracking domains such as advertising, analytics, and social networks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 20, 2017
- 06:38 AM
- 6
Firefox Prepares to Mark All HTTP Sites "Not Secure" After HTTPS Adoption Rises

The increased adoption of HTTPS among website operators will soon lead to browsers marking HTTP pages as "Not Secure" by default.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 18, 2017
- 10:47 AM
- 5
Mozilla Angers Firefox Users After Force-Installing Mr. Robot Promo Add-On

Mozilla took a bit of heat this week after the organization force-installed a Mr. Robot promotional add-on in some Firefox browsers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 16, 2017
- 09:15 AM
- 10
Firefox Will Warn Users When Visiting Sites That Suffered a Data Breach

Mozilla engineers are working on a notifications system for Firefox that shows a security warning to users visiting sites that have suffered data breaches.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 22, 2017
- 06:40 PM
- 2
NoScript Add-On Updated for Firefox 57 and the New WebExtensions API

Six days after Mozilla launched Firefox 57, a revamped version of the Firefox browser, Giorgio Maone, the developer of the NoScript add-on, has updated NoScript to work with Firefox's new WebExtensions add-ons API.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 21, 2017
- 08:55 AM
- 3
Another Tor Browser Feature Makes It Into Firefox: First-Party Isolation

Unbeknown to most users, Mozilla added a privacy-enhancing feature to the Firefox browser over the summer that can help users block online advertisers from tracking them across the Internet.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 20, 2017
- 10:56 AM
- 1
Firefox Will Block Navigational Data URIs as Part of an Anti-Phishing Feature

Mozilla will soon block the loading of data URIs in the Firefox navigation bar as part of a crackdown on phishing sites that abuse this protocol.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 16, 2017
- 08:00 AM
- 1
Upgrading to Firefox Quantum? Expect Some Add-ons to No Longer Work

Mozilla Firefox Quantum was released today and it's definitely better, but it also caused many popular add-ons to no longer work. This is because Quantum, or Firefox 57, switched to only supporting extensions designed under the WebExtensions API, which caused older extensions designed using other APIs to no longer be compatible.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 14, 2017
- 04:21 PM
- 11
Firefox 57 Brings Better Sandboxing on Linux

Firefox 57, set to be released tomorrow, will ship with improvements to the browser's sandbox security feature for Linux users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 13, 2017
- 10:03 AM
- 6
Here's What You Need to Know About Mozilla's New Firefox Browser Coming Next Week

In less than a week, Mozilla will flip the switch on a completely new browser with the release of Firefox 57, a version that's been rebuilt with a new browser engine core, a new user interface, revamped settings panel, and with a new add-ons API.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 08, 2017
- 07:42 AM
- 9
Firefox 57 to Feature Option for Always-On Tracking Protection

Firefox 57, scheduled for release next week, will add a new option to allows users to turn on the browser's Tracking Protection feature all the time, not just in Private Browsing mode.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 07, 2017
- 03:55 PM
- 3
Popular Firefox Bookmark Syncing Add-On Starts Losing... Bookmarks

Users of the Firefox Xmarks bookmark syncing add-on are reporting various problems with the plugin, some of which include corrupted bookmarks, failed sync operations, or popup spamming.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 06, 2017
- 02:10 PM
- 5
Mozilla Wants to Distrust Dutch HTTPS Provider Because of Local Dystopian Law

Mozilla engineers are discussing plans to remove support for a state-operated Dutch TLS/HTTPS provider after the Dutch government has voted a new law that grants local authorities the power to intercept Internet communications using "false keys."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 30, 2017
- 10:45 AM
- 8
Firefox Implements Another Privacy-Preserving Feature Taken From the Tor Browser

Mozilla engineers have borrowed yet another feature from the Tor Browser and starting with version 58 Firefox will block attempts to fingerprint users using the HTML5 canvas element.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 30, 2017
- 07:20 AM
- 1
Firefox to Get a Better Password Manager

Mozilla engineers have started work on a project named Lockbox that they describe as "a work-in-progress extension [...] to improve upon Firefox's built-in password management."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 30, 2017
- 05:12 AM
- 0