Firefox 3 introduced a new coloring scheme and design for secure websites. You might remember that Firefox 2 displayed a yellow url bar when the user was accessing a https site. This changed drastically in Firefox 3 which is now displaying blue, yellow and green colors in the favicon area on the left side of [...]

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FireCAT (Firefox Catalog of Auditing exTension) is a mindmap of the most efficient security auditing extensions for Firefox. This mindmap is constantly updated to update existing add-ons and add new extensions that might prove useful for security professionals but also interested users.
FireCAT 1.4 is currently available for download as a browsable html file or pdf [...]

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Firekeeper is an intrusion detection and prevention add-on for Firefox that is adding another layer of security. The basic purpose of the Firefox add-on is to identify browser vulnerabilities and exploits that have not yet been patched in Firefox by scanning the data that is transferred between the client computer and the website. Both http [...]

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I explained in the article Working With Several Firefox Profiles how I’m using several Firefox profiles for certain tasks like normal surfing, testing and visiting secure websites. I’m using one profile to visit my bank’s website and any other secure site related to finance and personal information. That approach makes sure that I cannot land [...]

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I have written an article about Flash Cookies last year and it turned out that several users did not know they existed and were grateful that they were now able to take care of them. Flash Cookies are not stored in the usual location where the other cookies are stored but in %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player on [...]

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