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Firefox Releases Urgent Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day

Mozilla has released an urgent update to address a critical zero-day security flaw in the Firefox browser. The issue, identified as CVE-2024-9680, involves a “use-after-free” vulnerability found in the Animation timelines feature of Firefox. This type of vulnerability occurs when a program tries to use memory that has already been freed, which attackers can exploit […]

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Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint Over Firefox Tracking

Mozilla is in hot water following a privacy complaint filed by the European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business). The group alleges that Mozilla has been tracking Firefox users without their consent through a new feature. This feature, called “Privacy-Preserving Attribution” (PPA), was developed in collaboration with Meta (previously Facebook) and rolled out […]

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Firefox users are experiencing difficulties accessing the X.com

Firefox users are experiencing difficulties accessing the X.com website following its domain change from Twitter.com. Upon enabling the Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature, users encounter an error message stating, “Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection is known to cause issues on X.com.” ETP is a robust privacy tool that shields users from online trackers that gather data […]

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Security updates for Firefox and Google Chrome

Mozilla and Google have released emergency updates to Firefox, Thunderbird email browsing software, and the Chrome web browser to fix security vulnerability,tracked as CVE-2023-4863, through which the user’s device can be hacked by opening a malicious WebP image. We recommend that users update to Firefox versions 117.0.1, Firefox ESR 115.2.1, Thunderbird 115.2.2, and Google Chrome […]

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Firefox stops supporting discontinued OSs

Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 115, and this update includes a set of new improvements and changes, but one of the most important things it focuses on is stopping support for discontinued versions of Windows and Mac Operating systems. According to the official announcement, Firefox 115 is the last version that supports Windows […]

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Firefox update fixes 14 security vulnerabilities

Mozilla has released a new update for its Firefox browser, which is version 111.0, to address several security vulnerabilities discovered in previous versions. The new update addresses 14 security vulnerabilities, including 8 high-risk vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of users’ personal accounts, steal their data, and expose them to spying and other […]

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