Browser Security News

Mozilla is up to its elbows in code as it works toward the final release of the third iteration of its Firefox Web browser. With the launch last week of the browser’s third beta version, the open source developer has given some 500,000 developers and testers the go-ahead to put the application through its paces.

Whether you’re a front-end graphics designer or a back-end web programmer, if you’ve worked long enough in the field of creating web-based solutions, you’ve no doubt heard about an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser called the Web Developer extension. If you have no clue what I’m talking about, here’s a brief overview […]

All platforms: Mozilla has just published the latest iteration of Firefox 3, Beta 3. Intended for testers and early adopters who are willing to live on the edge, Firefox 3 has fewer memory issues than its predecessor, but most likely your most important extensions aren’t yet compatible with it.

Mozilla issued 10 patches on Friday for its Firefox browser, including three for critical vulnerabilities. The latest version of Firefox is now 2.0.0.12. One of the critical vulnerabilities, MFSA 2008-06, is a problem in the way the browser handles images on certain Web pages.

If you cannot face the thought of hunting down and re-installing all of your Firefox extensions one by one on a second computer, you need, appropriately, an extension to simplify the task. CLEO, the Compact Library Extension Organizer, can package all your extensions and themes into one installable .xpi file.

Mozilla Corp. bumped up the threat ranking for an unpatched Firefox bug to "high" Tuesday, but promised a fix is coming in Version 2.0.0.12, now slated for release on Feb. The company’s head of security, Window Snyder, confirmed that the browser, when running any of more than 600 add-ons, can be exploited to steal "session […]

As Mozilla Corp. began the final push on Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 this week, it also announced that at least one more beta will be necessary before it starts building release candidates. On Tuesday, Mozilla "froze" the code for Firefox 3.0 Beta 3. Testing of the beta is scheduled to start on Monday.

As we mentioned a while back, Mozilla is working on a mobile version of Firefox and now the company has taken the wraps off some of its initial design ideas, offering a first glimpse of what mobile Firefox may look like. Keep in mind that this preview is largely intended to gather community feedback, and […]

As part of its continuing effort to humanize the Web, open source browser vendor Mozilla is getting some new humans for its development effort. John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, confirmed in an e-mailed statement sent to InternetNews.com that Mozilla has hired three of the principals from Humanized, a small user interface development startup.

Just hours after Mozilla Corp. debuted its first viral marketing campaign, it shuttered the Web site and apologized to users for what it admitted were offensive statistics used to promote Firefox. The Web site, part of what Mozilla dubbed the "Firefox Users against Boredom" program, included a long list of statistics that purported to compare […]