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Firefox Improves CSRF Protection With Support For Same-Site Cookies
Mozilla engineers are planning to add a new security feature to Firefox with the addition of same-site cookie support in Firefox 60, scheduled for release next month, on May 9.
- April 24, 2018
- 07:08 AM
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Mozilla Has Started Gradually Enabling TLS 1.3 in Firefox
Mozilla has begun to roll out a system addon that enables TLS 1.3 in Firefox. Based on bug reports, this addon was launched on April 3rd, 2017 and is being delivered as a silent update to Firefox that will enable TLS 1.3 for 50% of the users who install it.
- April 12, 2018
- 07:16 PM
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Mozilla Has Started Gradually Enabling TLS 1.3 in Firefox
Mozilla has begun to roll out a system addon that enables TLS 1.3 in Firefox. Based on bug reports, this addon was launched on April 3rd, 2017 and is being delivered as a silent update to Firefox that will enable TLS 1.3 for 50% of the users who install it.
- April 12, 2018
- 07:16 PM
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Firefox Follows Chrome and Blocks the Loading of Most FTP Resources
Mozilla will follow in the steps of Google Chrome and start blocking the loading of FTP subresources inside HTTP and HTTPS pages.
- April 10, 2018
- 06:13 AM
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Firefox Add-On Isolates Facebook Tracking From the Rest of the Browser
The Mozilla Foundation released today a Firefox add-on that isolates the Facebook website and all its domains to a separate "container," effectively stopping Facebook from tracking users across other websites on the Web.
- March 27, 2018
- 12:18 PM
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Firefox Working on Protection Against In-Browser Cryptojacking Scripts
Firefox engineers are working on a method to address the recent rise in usage of in-browser miners (cryptojacking scripts) that are, in most cases, ruining the web surfing experience of most users.
- March 24, 2018
- 05:55 PM
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Firefox to Get an Ad Filtering System
Mozilla engineers are planning an ad filtering system for Firefox that would block certain types of intrusive ads with the switch of a button.
- March 23, 2018
- 02:25 PM
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Mozilla Is Testing "DNS over HTTPS" Support in Firefox
Mozilla Foundation engineers announced plans over the weekend to test the "DNS over HTTPS" (DoH) fledgling security standard in Firefox Nightly distributions.
- March 20, 2018
- 07:00 AM
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Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years
For at past nine years, Mozilla has been using an insufficiently strong encryption mechanism for the "master password" feature.
- March 18, 2018
- 09:20 AM
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Firefox, Edge, and Safari Browsers Fall at Famous Pwn2Own Hacking Contest
Safari, Edge, and Firefox were the favorite targets that fell to white hat hackers at the world's most well-known competitive hacking competition —Pwn2Own 2018— held over the past two days in Vancouver, Canada.
- March 16, 2018
- 06:35 AM
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Firefox 59 Released —Now Also Available for Amazon Fire TV
The Mozilla Foundation has released a new stable version of Firefox —version 59— that comes with speed improvements, privacy-enhancing features, but also a new Firefox release dedicated to Amazon Fire TV users.
- March 14, 2018
- 07:40 AM
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Firefox Gets Privacy Boost By Disabling Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor APIs
Starting with Firefox 60 —expected to be released in May 2018— websites won't be able to use Firefox to access data from sensors that provide proximity distances and ambient light information.
- March 12, 2018
- 09:36 AM
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Group Policy Support Coming to Firefox 60
Firefox 60 will feature a new component named Policy Engine that will provide GPO support on Windows, allowing system administrators to control Firefox instances deployed across an internal network.
- March 08, 2018
- 01:00 AM
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Google Chrome: Flash Usage Declines from 80% in 2014 to Under 8% Today
The percentage of daily Chrome users who've loaded at least one page containing Flash content per day has gone down from around 80% in 2014 to under 8% in early 2018.
- February 28, 2018
- 12:03 PM
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Mozilla Will Let Users Disable Firefox Sync Starting with Firefox 60
Mozilla will add an option in Firefox 60 that will let users disable and hide the Firefox Sync option in the Firefox settings panel.
- February 28, 2018
- 07:22 AM
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Firefox 59 Will Add a New Privacy Feature That Strips Sensitive Data From URLs
Firefox 59 will strip referrer information from URLs while the user is in Private Browsing mode. The measure is meant to safeguard users from accidental data leaks of sensitive information.
- February 03, 2018
- 09:00 AM
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PSA: Beware of Sites Pretending to be Manual Firefox Updates
A family of malicious Firefox addons have been discovered being pushed by sites pretending to be a manual update for Firefox. These sites utilize a combination of javascript alerts, user authentication prompts, and full screen views to try and coerce the user into installing the unwanted addons.
- February 01, 2018
- 06:33 PM
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Image Previewer: First Firefox Addon that Injects an In-Browser Miner?
A Firefox extension called Image Previewer was discovered today that not only displays popups, but also injects a Monero in-browser miner into Firefox. While we have seen numerous Chrome extensions injecting in-browser miners, this is the first time I have seen a Firefox addon with this behavior.
- January 31, 2018
- 11:09 AM
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Mozilla Fixes Severe Flaw in Firefox UI That Leads to Remote Code Execution
Mozilla has released Firefox 58.0.1 to fix a security issue that was hiding in the browser's UI code and would have allowed an attacker to run code on the user's computer, allowing a quick and easy path to delivering malware or even taking over the entire PC.
- January 31, 2018
- 04:08 AM
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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.
- January 23, 2018
- 10:42 AM
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