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Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US

February 28, 2020 0 Comments chrome, Cloudflare DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, https, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:31:00 +0000

Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U2NXSe69Ao0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple proposes simple security upgrade for SMS 2FA codes

February 3, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, sms phishing

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:54:31 +0000

Apple thinks it’s come up with a simple way to make SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) one-time codes less susceptible to phishing attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EmuD8lIFjiU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

January 28, 2020 0 Comments Apple Safari, browser extensions, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google Chrome, malicious extensions, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:38:31 +0000

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous – add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NvbQrtROsLI” 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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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=””/>