mcoates
Mozilla is changing the way Firefox loads third party plugins such as Flash, Java and Silverlight. This change will help increase Firefox performance and stability, and provide significant security benefits, while at the same time providing more control over plugins … Continue reading
mcoates
Update – January 18, 2013 Mozilla is extending Click to Play for Java 7u11 due to reports of exploit code available for 7u11 and information that all elements of the original Java bug have not been fully addressed by Oracle … Continue reading
mcoates
Update: For clarification, the last sentence of this post references our actions to suspend inclusion of a TURKTRUST root certificate. There are currently two TURKTRUST root certificates included in Mozilla’s CA Certificate program. TURKTRUST had requested that a newer root … Continue reading
mcoates
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and we want to take the opportunity to reiterate Mozilla’s security commitment to the Web. From Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android to Firefox OS to the Firefox Marketplace, Persona and more – … Continue reading
mcoates
Update (Oct 11, 2012) An update to Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux was released at 12pm PT on Oct 11. Users will be automatically updated and new downloads via http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/ will receive the updated version (16.0.1). A fix for … Continue reading
mcoates
Update – Aug 31, 2012 Yesterday Oracle released a patch for the critical vulnerabilities identified within Java. Visit the Mozilla Plugin Check webpage to find out if your Java plugin needs to be updated: https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/ Additional information from Oracle can … Continue reading
Lucas Adamski
Issue The pwn2own bug that Nils discovered at CanSecWest 2009 and the XSLT vulnerability recently made public by Guido Landi (http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34235) are both critical issues that can result in malicious code execution. Impact These issues can be exploited by tricking … Continue reading
Johnathan Nightingale
There has been some interest in the last few days about a recent report from a company called Bit9 about application vulnerabilities. While we’re always happy to see stories that focus on educating our users about security, there are some … Continue reading
Window Snyder
A recent report identified Firefox users as most likely to be running the latest version of the browser at any point in time. Brian Krebs at the Washington Post comments on it here: Forty Percent of Web Users Surf With … Continue reading
Window Snyder
Secunia released a report this week that discusses a few aspects of the security landscape for 2007. Techworld ran a story based on this report with this headline: “Red Hat and Firefox more buggy than Microsoft.” While the headline is … Continue reading