Firefox

Firefox makes extension porting easier as security crackdown looms

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New tools should help developers bring their extensions over from Chrome or Opera, but existing extensions may have trouble surviving the shift. Mozilla is pushing ahead with a plan to block unsigned Firefox browser extensions, though it’s offering better developer tools as consolation. As Mozilla has previously indicated, it will soon require a security check … Read more

Update Firefox now! Fix rushed out for an exploit that steals files off your hard drive

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Late Thursday night, Mozilla released a security patch for the Firefox browser after finding a  serious vulnerability being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability allows malicious attackers to use some JavaScript magic to “search for and upload potentially sensitive” from your hard drive to their servers. Mozilla is asking all Firefox users to upgrade immediately … Read more

Firefox is headed to iOS, browser restrictions be damned

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After years of vowing not to bring Firefox to the iPhone and iPad, Mozilla is changing its tune—and is presumably willing to work with Apple’s rules. “We need to be where our users are so we’re going to get Firefox on iOS,” Mozilla Release Manager Lukas Blakk wrote on Twitter. TechCrunch believes he was paraphrasing Jonathan … Read more