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WOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a stealthy tech support scam operation

January 22, 2020 0 Comments 404browlock, 404error, browlock, browlocks, browser guard, browser locker, chrome, Edge, firefox, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, Microsoft, scams, Social engineering, steganography, tech support, Tech support scams, Threat analysis, tss, woof

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We reveal the inner workings of WOOF locker, the most sophisticated browser locker campaign we’ve seen to date. Learn how this tech support scam evades researchers and ensnares users by hiding in plain sight.

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Vulnerabilidad día cero: ¡Actualiza Firefox ya!

January 10, 2020 0 Comments actualidad, actualizacion, firefox

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:25:04 +0000

Solo dos días después de lanzar Firefox 72, Mozilla ha publicado una actualización para corregir una vulnerabilidad crítica día cero. Según un aviso en la web de Mozilla, el problema identificado como CVE-2019-17026 es un error de tipo confusión que afecta al compilador IonMonkey JavaScript Just-in-Time (JIT) de Firefox. En pocas palabras, un compilador JIT […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/BxfF-8tEGXU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Browser zero day: Update your Firefox right now!

January 9, 2020 0 Comments cve-2019-17026, firefox, Internet Explorer, mozilla firefox, Patch, qihoo 360, vulnerability, zero day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:00:06 +0000

Firefox has issues an emergency 72.0.1 patch to fix a zero day vulnerability.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8rtXfw6rWto” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla adds NextDNS to list of DNS-over-HTTPS providers

December 18, 2019 0 Comments CloudFlare, Cloudflare DNS, dns over tls, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, nextdns, pihole, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:07:38 +0000

Firefox users interested in turning on the browser’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) privacy feature now have two providers to choose from.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jIAyGMDzDjE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers

December 17, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijacking, chrome, firefox, firefox extension, Google, Google Chrome, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, rogue extensions, two-factor authentication, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:57:53 +0000

Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I5Jz7uFWAdM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft looks to Rust language to beat memory vulnerabilities

December 4, 2019 0 Comments firefox, memory corruption, Microsoft, microsoft project verona, microsoft vulnerabilities, Mozilla, rust, Technologies, Windows

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:41:36 +0000

Microsoft is pressing ahead with an ambitious plan to de-fang common vulnerabilities hiding in old Windows code with the help of Rust.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Y3XJT2q7OEs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker

November 25, 2019 0 Comments ad blocking, Adblocker, chrome, chromium, cname, firefox, online privacy, Privacy, trackers, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:45:02 +0000

Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable – a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GELDo4RpiU8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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DNS-over-HTTPS is coming to Windows 10

November 21, 2019 0 Comments anti-surveillance, chrome, Cloudflare DNS, dns over tls, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, isps, Microsoft, mozilla firefox, Privacy, Web Browsers, Windows, Windows 10

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:22:43 +0000

Microsoft will soon add the ability to use DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS into its networking client.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KwCTrsw95Kk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

November 6, 2019 0 Comments broadband, Browsers, browsing activity, browsing history, chrome, congress, dns, dns encryption, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, domain name services, domain name system, firefox, Google Chrome, https, isps, Law & order, lobbyists, Mozilla, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>