Posts Tagged ‘Mozilla’
Want Privacy on Twitter? Use Firefox
Friday, May 18th, 2012
True privacy can be hard to come by in the socially enabled online world, but Twitter on Thursday announced that it has joined Firefox maker Mozilla in taking a big step forward for users.
Firefox to introduce click-to-play option to protect against dangerous plugins
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Mozilla developer Jared Wein is introducing a new security feature to Firefox 14 called click-to-play. Plugins will not load automatically when visiting websites using things like Flash and Java requiring the user to click before the content is loaded. This could prevent many common drive-by attacks on the web.
CISPA: Mozilla distances itself from the cyber security act
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
In the discussions around the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, companies have so far refrained from expressing opposition. Now, one company has broken ranks
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Mozilla Criticizes CISPA for Having Broad, Alarming Reach
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
The head of Mozilla's Privacy and Public Policy Department said the measure before Congress goes far beyond Internet security.
Does Mozilla Coming Out Against CISPA Matter?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Mozilla joins privacy advocates in criticizing the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, but Microsoft is apparently back on the supporter list
Privacy concerns over popular ShowIP Firefox add-on
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
A popular Firefox add-on appears to have started leaking private information about every website that users visit, including sensitive data which could identify individuals or reduce their security to a third-party server.
Mozilla blocklists Java on older Mac OS X systems
Monday, April 30th, 2012
With no updates forthcoming for Mac OS X 10.5 and earlier, Mozilla has blocked the Java plugin on those systems, but a bug in Firefox 11 is preventing the safe blocking of vulnerable versions on Mac OS X 10.6 and later
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Mozilla to auto-upgrade Firefox 3.6 users to version 12
Monday, April 30th, 2012
In early May, Mozilla will begin automatically upgrading Firefox 3.6.x users who have updates enabled to the version 12.0 release of the web browser; the 3.6.x branch of Firefox reached its end of life on 24 April
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Opera 12 Beta Released With New Security Features, Including Do Not Track Support
Thursday, April 26th, 2012This seems to be the season for major new versions of browsers. A couple of days after Mozilla released Firefox 12, Opera has pushed out a beta of version 12 of its browser, which includes several security updates, such as private browsing and support for the Do Not Track header.
Upcoming Firefox Click-to-Play Feature Will Stop Automated Plug-in Exploits
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Mozilla plans to give Firefox users more control over the plug-in-based content displayed in their browsers
