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Foxstuck: Firefox browser bug boots legions of users offline
Outfoxed? Not if you read The Reg
18 Jan 2022 18:02 | 49
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Linux Mint 20.3 appears – now with more Mozilla flavor: Why this distro switched Firefox defaults back to Google
Oh, Snap
12 Jan 2022 10:14 | 82
OSes
Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround
El Reg, as ever, helps you to get back in the game
10 Dec 2021 17:02 | 78
Security
Thousands of Firefox users accidentally commit login cookies on GitHub
GitHub: 'Credentials exposed by our users are not in scope'
18 Nov 2021 20:04 | 27
OSes
Is your Apple Mac running macOS Monterey leaking memory? It may be due to mouse cursor customization
Sleuthing leads to suspected RAM-gobbling culprit
17 Nov 2021 00:17 | 34
Security
Mozilla sprinkles Firefox Relay with Premium fairy dust
You want more than five email aliases? Sure, but it'll cost you
16 Nov 2021 16:22 | 1
Comment
Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson
Why are some of Moz's axed projects bigger than its flagship?
04 Nov 2021 10:01 | 147
Applications
Want to support Firefox? Great, you'll have no problem with personalised, sponsored search suggestions then
Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location with advertisers
08 Oct 2021 11:08 | 88
Feature
What if Chrome broke features of the web and Google forgot to tell anyone? Oh wait, that's exactly what happened
Browser monoculture bad
04 Oct 2021 10:02 | 150
Software
Firefox 91 introduces cookie clearing, clutter-free printing, Microsoft single sign-on... so where are all the users?
Extended support release brings a handful of new features, but browser is still struggling for market share
11 Aug 2021 13:33 | 157
Applications
Firefox 89: Can this redesign stem browser's decline?
New visuals, simplified menus, though Mozilla has yet to fully state its position on 'privacy preserving ads'
01 Jun 2021 22:51 | 190
Applications
Firefox to adopt Chrome's new approach to extensions – sans the part that threatens ad blockers
Mozilla says Google's content-filter API doesn't meet developer needs, others agree
28 May 2021 00:47 | 28
Software
Time for an upgrade: Dev of the last modern browser for PowerPC Macs calls it a day
One final update for its 'couple of thousand' users then it's just a hobby
31 Mar 2021 08:30 | 22
Security
Mozilla Firefox keeps cookies kosher with quarantine scheme, 86s third-party cookies in new browser build
Hey man, are your cookies trackin' me? Take 'em out. You gotta keep 'em separated
24 Feb 2021 07:02 | 23
Software
Firefox 85 crumbles cache-abusing supercookies with potent partitioning powers
Scorches Flash for the very last time, too
27 Jan 2021 06:01 | 18
Software
HTTPS-only mode arrives in Firefox 83 as Mozilla finds new home for Rust-y Servo engine
Another notch towards the SSL-only web
18 Nov 2020 14:43 | 67
Security
A visit to a crafted webpage would have been enough for a bad guy to munch all your Firefox for Android cookies
So make sure you've updated since July, fandroids
17 Nov 2020 18:33 | 13
Software
Thunderbird implements PGP crypto feature requested 21 years ago
As Mozilla kills off secure file transfer tool because – shock! – it was being abused
18 Sep 2020 05:03 | 57
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Upside down, you turn me, you're giving bork instinctively: Firefox flips as a train connection is missed
Respectfully, I say to thee... I'm aware that you're borking
08 Sep 2020 08:30 | 31
Software
If you think Mozilla pushed a broken Firefox Android build, good news: It didn't. Bad news: It's working as intended
Netizens up in arms over unexpected UI change, missing add-ons support
25 Aug 2020 08:02 | 155
Software
Firefox maker Mozilla axes a quarter of its workforce, blames coronavirus, vows to 'develop new revenue streams'
250 'true Mozillians' laid off, Taiwan office completely shuttered
11 Aug 2020 20:09 | 62
Personal Tech
Mozilla doubles down on anti-tracking tech: It'll be tougher for wily ad-biz cookie monsters to track Firefox
Apple still leading in anti-cookie diet, Google – predictably – in the rearguard
04 Aug 2020 20:58 | 37
Software
Firefox 79: A thin release for regular users, but plenty for developers to devour
Reverse tabnapping is no more
30 Jul 2020 16:53 | 20
Software
Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions
New Regular Expression evaluator borrowed from Chromium V8 – a sign of more collaboration to come?
01 Jul 2020 17:02 | 19
Security
Talk about the fox guarding the hen house. Comcast to handle DNS-over-HTTPS for Firefox-using subscribers
Last November: These ISPs know too much! June: God bless the ISPs
26 Jun 2020 01:07 | 28
Security
At Mozilla VPN stands for Vague Product News: Foundation reveals security product will launch eventually, with temporary pricing, in unspecified places
But it does have a name. 'Firefox Private Network' is out, ‘Mozilla VPN’ is in.
19 Jun 2020 09:42 | 15
Security
Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws
Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs
04 Jun 2020 02:28 | 13
Software
Prepare to have your shonky password hygiene shamed by Firefox 76
Mozilla's finest shores up security features among other tweaks
06 May 2020 12:45 | 21
Software
We could all do with a bit of empathy in our systems, says Mozilla as it ships Firefox 75 in the thick of global pandemic
Also: Interim CEO Mitchell Baker drops the 'interim' part
08 Apr 2020 16:13 | 13
Security
Mozilla plugs two Firefox browser holes exploited in the wild by hackers to hijack victims' computers
Update now before it's too late
06 Apr 2020 20:23 | 9
Software
We're number two! Microsoft's Edge browser slips past Firefox in latest set of NetMarketShare figures
Though Statcounter puts Moz's finest second. Chrome still top dog
06 Apr 2020 10:42 | 59
Security
If you use Twitter with Firefox in a shared computer account, you may have slightly spilled some private data on that PC
HTTP header ends in own goal
02 Apr 2020 23:43 | 10
Security
Firefox to burn FTP out of its browser, starting slowly in version 77 due in April
Already sin-binned it in 2018, will keep it around in extended support until 2021, and is way behind Chrome
20 Mar 2020 10:15 | 43
Software
Firefox 74 slams Facebook in solitary confinement: Browser add-on stops social network stalking users across the web
Prompt to install enhanced extension is the first thing you'll see
12 Mar 2020 16:44 | 57
Security
If you're serious about browser privacy, you should probably pass on Edge or Yandex, claims Dublin professor
Merging search and address bar means more data for the tech giants
27 Feb 2020 09:15 | 64
Software
Firefox now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US netizens and some are dischuffed about this
Good for privacy – or an alarming move towards further internet centralisation?
25 Feb 2020 16:34 | 105
Updated
Firefox 72: Floating videos, blocking fingerprints, and defeating notification pop-ups
Beefy Firefox release despite new 4-weekly release cycle, but users stick stubbornly to Google Chrome
08 Jan 2020 15:04 | 60
Security
Mozilla locks nosy Avast, AVG extensions out of Firefox store amid row over web privacy
Add-ons accused of slurping every URL netizens visit
04 Dec 2019 09:58 | 76
Software
Newly born Firefox 71 emerges from its den – with its own VPN and some privacy tricks
Mozilla continues exploring privacy as a source of revenue
04 Dec 2019 06:01 | 110
Security
Minigame: Celebrate Firefox 70's release by finding a website with 70+ trackers blocked
Yeah, it's not us
22 Oct 2019 19:00 | 37
Software
Hold up, ace. Before you strap into Firefox's latest Test Pilot, ask yourself...
How much do I trust Mozilla with my data?
13 Sep 2019 08:00 | 22
Software
Mozilla says Firefox won't defang ad blockers – unlike a certain ad-giant browser
Extensions still free to use uber-powerful webRequest API to filter crap out of webpages
03 Sep 2019 22:32 | 41
Software
Today in tortured tech analogies: Mozilla lets Firefox loose in the hen house, and by hen house, we mean the tracking cookie jar, er...
Remember when people didn't use browsers from the one of world's biggest adtech giants?
03 Sep 2019 19:57 | 61
Software
Mozilla shaves down Beard to a luxuriant mustache, looks for new CEO by end of year
The clock is ticking to find replacement, he's off by Xmas
29 Aug 2019 21:26 | 7
Security
Anatomy of an attack: How Coinbase was targeted with emails booby-trapped with Firefox zero-days
Elaborate browser break-out betrayed by unusual behavior
09 Aug 2019 23:56 | 33
Roundup
Palo Alto gateway security alert, FSB hack, scourge of data-stealing web plugins, and more
A summary of computer security news for you, delivered rapid-fire-style
21 Jul 2019 07:58 | 12
Software
Firefox 68 arrives with darker dark mode, redesigned extensions dashboard
Long term release with enhanced controls for IT managers
10 Jul 2019 14:37 | 17
Security
Mozilla boots alleged snoop troupe from its root cert coop: UAE-based DarkMatter thrown onto CA blocklist
Maker of Firefox fires fox from hen house guard duty
10 Jul 2019 01:33 | 14
Security
Two pentesters, one glitch: Firefox browser menaced by ancient file-snaffling bug, er, feature
Forgive the sins of the fathers: Mozilla to have another go at tackling teenage flaw
09 Jul 2019 11:00 | 19
Software
Firefox Preview for Android: Mozilla has another go at a mobile browser
Firefox Focus frozen as Mozilla redirects Android effort ... despite small market share
28 Jun 2019 11:29 | 37
Roundup
Cisco cleans up critical flaws, Florida city forks out $600k to ransomware scumbags, and more from infosec land
Your quick guide to what else has been happening in computer security lately
24 Jun 2019 09:56 | 7
Security
Digi-dosh exchange Coinbase: Someone tried to pwn our staff via this week's Firefox zero-day security hole
Patch released after crypto-currency biz sounded alarm
20 Jun 2019 20:37 | 5
Security
Awoogah! Awoogah! Firefox fans urged to update and patch zero-day hole exploited in the wild by miscreants
Just make sure you're running the latest version
18 Jun 2019 21:52 | 41
Roundup
Firefox fires blockers at trackers, Exim tackles command exec flaw, and RDP pops up yet again
Plus, Citrix catches sueball after employee data hacked
10 Jun 2019 09:59 | 14
Software
Firefox armagg-add-on: Lapsed security cert kills all browser extensions, from website password managers to ad blockers
Mozillans scramble over the weekend to undo damage
06 May 2019 18:56 | 113
Roundup
Bug-hunter faces jail for vulnerability reports, DuckDuckPwn (almost), family spied on via Nest gizmo, and more
Your rapid-fire guide to all the other infosec news of the week
02 Feb 2019 13:37 | 66
Security
Mozilla security policy cracks down on creepy web trackers, holds supercookies over fire
Firefox maker sets out dodgy practices the browser will block
29 Jan 2019 12:15 | 34
Security
The fastest, most secure browser? Microsoft Edge apparently
Well, in one respect anyway
13 Dec 2018 20:51 | 62
Software
Your RSS is grass: Mozilla euthanizes feed reader, Atom code in Firefox browser, claims it's old and unloved
The Live bookmarks, preview features, that is
13 Oct 2018 07:07 | 79
Security
Have I been pwned, Firefox? OK, let's ask its Have I Been Pwned tool
Mozilla's Firefox Monitor makes a hash of email queries
25 Sep 2018 20:31 | 23
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