Novel Phishing Attack Targets Firefox – IT Business Edge
Mozilla’s Aza Raskin has described a unique phishing attack that Firefox engineers will need to correct. InformationWeek reports that Raskin has dubbed the attack “tabnapping” because malicious JavaScript code can alter tabs when they are hidden from …
Firefox Warns of New Phishing Scam – Itproportal
The team behind the Firefox browser has warned users about a new kind of phishing attack. The new phishing attack replaces an inactive browser tab on the Firefox browser with a malicious phishing page designed to steal user names and passwords for e-mail and bank accounts from unsuspecting users …
The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009 (Seth Rosenblatt/CNET News)
Seth Rosenblatt / CNET News:The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009 — This past year felt like a rebuilding year for Firefox add-ons, with two new frameworks implemented to help guide the future of extensions. Personas gave Firefox on-the-fly theme-switching, and users can expect it to be part of the stable version of Firefox [...]
Mozilla Blocks Microsoft Firefox Add-ons for Security – eWeek
Mozilla has disabled two Microsoft add-ons for Firefox to thwart a vulnerability that allows an attacker to take over Windows machines. The security flaw was fixed by Microsoft in the latest Patch Tuesday update.
Mozilla Disables Microsoft’s Insecure Firefox Add-on – Washington Post
Australian Personal Computer Mozilla Disables Microsoft's Insecure Firefox Add-on Washington Post I saw those two warnings and re-started my own computer , right then, in the middle of my own web surfing. He'll be sending more cautions along in the same ..
Microsoft Silently Installing Windows Presentation Foundation Plugin … – Ghacks Technology News
If you have recently opened your Firefox web browser you might have noticed a notification from the web browser that the Windows Presentation Foundation plugin was disabled to protect the user and the web browser. Many users who received the message …
