New MIME confusion attack mitigations added to Firefox 50. Starting with Firefox 50, the browser will feature improved mitigation against MIME confusion attacks, preventing a threat actor from disguising malicious code as other files, mostly images. Whenever the browser receives a file from the server, Firefox will check the server response for the Content-Type header, which […]
Short Bytes: Here are 30 browser keyboard shortcuts for different web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in Microsoft Windows. These shortcuts work no matter what web browser you are using. These simple shortcuts will be of utmost help to you while using the internet. Keyboard shortcuts make our lives easier. We have emphasized their […]
Rafay Baloch is a Pakistani ethical hacker who is known and respected worldwide — This time, he reported an Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in Chrome and FireFox and earned $5000 in return! Rafay Baloch, a Pakistani security researcher and ethical hacker discovered a critical security flaw in Chrome and FireFox browsers that would let an attacker […]
Short Bytes: This article explains how to turn on Work Offline mode in Firefox. This enables Firefox to display saved website cache when the internet gets disconnected. You can enable this inbuilt option easily by visiting the settings option in your web browser. When we visit a website on a web browser, a copy (cache) […]
Short Bytes: In order to make your web browsing experience a lot better, Mozilla is integrating some key privacy features of TOR browser into its Firefox web browser. These features will go live with the final Firefox 50 release and make it a better Google Chrome alternative. TOR software suite is often regarded as one […]
A tool that transforms Firefox Browsers into a penetration testing suite How ? It downloads the most important extensions, and install it on your browser. The used extensions has been chosen by a survey among the information security community. Based on it’s results, Firefox Security Toolkit was made. Also, it allows you to download Burp […]
In 2015, the FBI hacked Tor to identify users of child sex websites. Now, Mozilla is begging courts to divulge to it how the operation was carried out so that it can ensure its code for Firefox remains secure. Mozilla Begs Court for Details About Pedophile Tor Hack to Keep Firefox Safe The original hack […]
Pirate Bay Torrent website blocked by Chrome, Safari and Firefox on accounts of phishing. It was a “dark day” for all the Torrent lovers worldwide after The Pirate Bay was shunned by Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers yesterday. The browsers blame Thepiratebay.se as being a conning website that has been found tricking and […]
After FBiOS, get ready for Mozilla vs. the FBI.A question posed by a researcher from the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California has led many to believe, even us, that the FBI may be sitting on a Firefox zero-day which it is currently fighting in US courts to keep secret. All the time while […]
The fix? No patch, just destroy all extensions. Black Hat Asia The most popular Firefox extensions with millions of active users are open to attacks that can quietly compromise machines and pass Mozilla’s automated and human security tests. The extension reuse attacks exploit weaknesses in the structure of Firefox extensions such that malicious activity can be […]
Oracle patches Java installer against DLL hijacking issue. Oracle has released new Java installers to fix a well-known security issue (CVE-2016-0603) that also affects o plethora of other applications, from Web browsers to antivirus products, and from file compressors to home cinema software. The problem is called DLL hijacking (or DLL side-loading) and refers to the […]
Mintcast adware uses user.js settings files for persistence.Two PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) are secretly turning off Safe Browsing support in Firefox to make sure they can deliver unsolicited ads and even malware if their creators ever wish to do so. The two PUPs are Shell&Services and Mintcast 3.0.1. These are browser add-ons for Firefox, Chrome, […]
Ethical hacking could be great fun if you know about these add-ons. The creation of penetration testing labs in Kali Linux or Backtrack, has been a popular topic for a long time, but the fact remains that all challenges, practice, and hacking need tools. One of the better known tools is the Addons which comes […]
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) was designed to help secure websites (those using HTTPS) by declaring to web browsers that they should communicate only via HTTPS with the server to protect connections against downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. Mozilla implemented support for HTST in its current form in Firefox in 2014 and it has been […]
Mozilla yesterday detailed a security attack on its bug tracker and testing tool Bugzilla, as well as the steps it is taking to mitigate a repeat incident. In short, a hacker compromised the service, stole security-sensitive information, and used it to attack Firefox users. Bugzilla is open-source software that has been adopted by a variety of organizations […]
Short Bytes: Mozilla has released Firefox 40 for Windows 10 and it comes with changes in user interface trying to blend with Windows 10’s theme. In another change, Firefox 40 for Windows 10 gives users an option to change Windows 10 desktop search’s default search engine. You must have read about Mozilla CEO’s angry open […]
Mozilla Firefox has blocked Adobe Flash Player and it’s a good news. If you are a regular Firefox user you must have faced this issue like whenever you open a website using flash it warns about blocking the flash part. The Firefox browser has blocked it until a new update being released; the only reason […]
Just yesterday, the chief security officer at Facebook, Alex Stamos asked for the end for Adobe’s fragile and vulnerable software Flash Player after 400 GB cache of files was stolen by the spyware company Hacking Team. In another similar development, Mozilla has decided lead the way and set examples for others. Reviewing the vulnerabilities, Mozilla was quick […]
Do you know that not all web sites honor the native Do Not Track feature of your web browser? Even in the incognito mode, websites can still collect some data from you. Recently in a blog post, Mozilla wrote that with the Tracking Protection feature enabled, the decrease in page load time is as high […]
In a recent blog post, Mozilla has showed its intent to phase out the non-secure websites i.e. the HTTP. Earlier this week, Mozilla announced its plan to favor the websites who have HTTPS enabled. If this happens, the web will be divided in two parts: the HTTPS websites with full functionality and the other HTTP […]
Mozilla has released the latest version of its Firefox browser with a brand new security feature by improving the way encryption is managed in the Firefox. New Firefox 37 version has been released for various platforms: Windows, Linux, OS X and Android. At last month’s Pwn2Own browser security competition, various bugs were found in all […]