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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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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=””/>

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Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible

October 25, 2019 0 Comments content trackers, firefox, firefox privacy protection, lockwise, Mozilla, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:33:28 +0000

Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 – the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TxqeyH4Au6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Is $100 million enough to save the web from ads?

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Brave browser, browser privacy, coil, creative commons, firefox, grant for the web, Mozilla, online privacy, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:33:50 +0000

Mozilla, Creative Commons and Coil are teaming up to launch a $100m fund to drive out advertising and advocate privacy across the web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7IGQrwFwo98″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla Private Network VPN gives Firefox another privacy boost

September 13, 2019 0 Comments 1.1.1.1, browser privacy, chrome, Cloudflare DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, firefox, Firefox Focus, Google, Mozilla, Organisations, Privacy, vpn, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:47:28 +0000

Is this week’s test pilot launch of Mozilla Private Network the moment browser VPNs finally become a must-have privacy feature?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MYg9gnQyZ7o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla increases browser privacy with encrypted DNS

September 10, 2019 0 Comments browser privacy, DNS-over-HTTPS, encrypted DNS, firefox, Mozilla, Privacy

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:51:10 +0000

Mozilla is about to turn on-by-default an oft-overlooked privacy feature in Firefox.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/luV2NWDhrqw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, chrome, chromium, EV badge, EV certificate, Extended Validation badge, Extended Validation certificate, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Mozilla, phishing, Safari, security threats, TSL, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:40:23 +0000

Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WxAmoP9NPKQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla

September 5, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, Adblocker, Apple Safari, Brave, browser extensions, chrome, chromium, firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Opera, Organisations, Web Browsers, WebExtensions

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:27:12 +0000

Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m–la7sLG8k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>