The Mozilla team has released version 3.0.11 of the Firefox web browser. The release is currently distributed to all mirror sites but can already be downloaded from various download portals like Betanews or MajorGeeks. The update seems to be a security and stability update if the beta release notes can be trusted. Users are therefor [...]
Increase Firefox Security With FormFox
Add-ons can increase the security of the Firefox web browser. Popular extensions like NoScript, Safe SSL or Safe Cache add additional security layers to the web browser.
Form Fox is another security add-on for the Firefox web browser. It deals with web forms as the name suggests and displays the destination url of the submit button [...]
Force SSL HTTPS Connections In NoScript
SSL connections which you can identify by the HTTPS protocol in the address bar of the web browser provide additional security in comparison to the HTTP protocol. This is why many companies use SSL on security sensitive pages of their website which usually involve financial transactions or personal information. To put it bluntly: A bank [...]
Latest Firefox Web Browser Vulnerable to 0-Day Exploit
Dante send me a tip about a 0-day exploit that is affecting the latest versions of the popular Firefox web browser. The exploit is described as a remote memory-corruption vulnerability that is affecting Firefox running on all supported operating systems. A proof of concept has been published by the security researcher and the Mozilla team [...]
Web Browser: Firefox 3.0.7
A new update to the popular Firefox web browser is currently distributed to mirror sites across the world. The release is already available at selected mirror sites and raises the version of the Firefox web browser to 3.0.7. The beta release notes which have been published in the end of February are mentioning that Firefox [...]
Firefox: 55 Add-Ons To Increase Your Security And Privacy
One of the greatest strengths of the Firefox web browser is its extensibility. This does not only include new features but also security enhancements that make the web browser more secure and less prone for attacks and privacy breaches.
The following list will contain Firefox add-ons that protect the user from various threats on the Internet. [...]
Firefox 3.05 Security Update
The Mozilla Firefox development team released version 3.05 of the popular web browser a day after the Opera team updated their browser. The latest update – like the Opera update – is considered a security update and therefor recommended to install as soon as possible to patch the security vulnerabilities.
A total of eight security vulnerabilities [...]
