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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox Mass Password Reset
It is a common among security professionals to use a password only once. Many Internet users on the other hand prefer to select the same username and password on all websites that they create accounts for to make it easier to access those websites. Having to remember only one password is easier than having to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.04 is out
Mozilla released a new version of Firefox 3 a few hours ago. The update is already available on the Mozilla website, the mirror servers and also available from the Check For Updates option in the Firefox Tools menu. The release is a security and stability update. A total of nine security vulnerabilities have been fixed [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.03 released
What a surprise. Only two days after releasing Firefox 3.02 the Mozilla firefox team released the new version Firefox 3.03 which is usually a sign of a serious bug in the previous version. Firefox 3.03 fixes only one bug that affected some users of the previous version. The bug made it impossible for some users [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Perspectives Makes Firefox That Much Securer
Perspectives is a research project to improve SSH-style Host Authentication with Multi-path Network Probing by researchers of the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University. The title of their research surely sounds scary for many Internet users but it basically means that they have created a method to authentic hosts securely by pulling their information [...]