Tag: mozilla
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Firefox 59 to make it a lot harder to use data URIs in phishing attacks
While a domain name is really just a short string, this string comes with a large amount of implicit metadata: the registration date; the IP address(es) the domain currently points to and has pointed to in the past; the associated name servers; past activity observed using the domain. For this reason, domain names play an…
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Firefox 59 to make it a lot harder to use data URIs in phishing attacks
While a domain name is really just a short string, this string comes with a large amount of implicit metadata: the registration date; the IP address(es) the domain currently points to and has pointed to in the past; the associated name servers; past activity observed using the domain. For this reason, domain names play an…
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File-stealing vulnerability found in Firefox PDF reader
Both Windows and Linux users actively being targeted. If, like me, you are suffering from vulnerability fatigue after so many flaws and weaknesses having been disclosed in Las Vegas this week, you may be tempted to ignore the advisory Mozilla released yesterday. However, I strongly advise you don’t. The company says it has been made…
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Bumper crop of October patch releases
Busy weeks for admins as Patch Tuesday joined by Adobe fixes, and Mozilla announces plug-in checking plans. This week has seen Microsoft ‘s monthly Patch Tuesday release of security updates, featuring a larger than usual 13 fixes, joined by a set of patches from Adobe for its widely-used PDF-handling software. With home and business users…
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Controversy over IE-to-Firefox exploit
MS and Mozilla in row over blame for cross-browser attack. An exploit which involves browsing to a malicious website using Internet Explorer , but then launches an attack via a loophole in Mozilla Firefox , is causing controversy over which piece of software is ‘vulnerable’. The attack, apparently discovered simultaneously by two separate groups of…