Today we’re excited to announce a new certificate verification library for Mozilla Products – mozilla::pkix! While most users will not notice a difference, the new library is more robust and … Read more
To provide a better and safer experience on the Web, we have been working to move Firefox away from plugins. After much testing and iteration, we determined that Firefox would … Read more
We recently announced a reboot of our efforts to engage with security contributors at Mozilla. Today our strongest and most lasting contributor relationships are with individuals searching for bug bounties. … Read more
Earlier this week we revoked our trust in the DigiNotar certificate authority from all Mozilla software. This is not a temporary suspension, it is a complete removal from our trusted … Read more
It’s been a few months since I wrote about the work our plugin check team has been doing, but there are a couple of pretty excellent pieces of news I’d … Read more
Privacy isn’t always easy. We’re close to landing some changes in the Firefox development tree that will fix a privacy leak that browsers have been struggling with for some time. … Read more
Mozilla has accelerated its timetable and released Firefox 3.6.2 ahead of schedule. This release contains a number of security fixes, including a fix to Secunia Advisory SA38608 which was previously … Read more
[This post originally appeared on Mozilla Developer News] We hate crashes. When Firefox crashes, we try to get you back on your feet as quickly as possible, but we’d much … Read more
Mike Shaver has posted an update on the situation surrounding our blocking of the .Net Framework Assistant and WPF plugin. In it, he discusses the current state of affairs, the … Read more
A little over a month ago, I talked about a project we had started to inform users when their plugins were out of date. This is a really important project … Read more
I will be leaving Mozilla at the end of the year. I am sad to be leaving, but I am excited to go work on something I have always been … Read more
Mozilla has been working with security researcher and analyst Rich Mogull for a few months now on a project to develop a metrics model to measure the relative security of … Read more