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

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=””/>

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EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:34:26 +0000

The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dIdmnOeegug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Coinbase explains background to June zero-day Firefox attack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:52:43 +0000

A recent, highly targeted attack on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase offers a glimpse into how sophisticated phishing attacks can be.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/USzrlHhxRxk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox to pile on more native privacy features

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:28:43 +0000

Mozilla is integrating its Lockwise password manager directly into the browser and expanding its support for the Have I Been Pwned website.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/q-NknoPxSgU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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