Browser Security News

Mozilla has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.21, fixing two critical security vulnerabilities in the open source email client. The update fixes some of the same vulnerabilities that were also recently patched in the Firefox 3.0.7 security update.

Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird yesterday, the first time it has plugged holes in the e-mail software since early May. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla’s download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched last week in Firefox, the company’s open-source browser.

Users of Thunderbird are being urged to update to version 2.0.0.12 of the open source email client to close several security holes. In the new version, the Mozilla developers remedy five vulnerabilities, one of which is categorized as critical because attackers can inject malicious code by means of specially crafted e-mails – and all users [...]

The Mozilla Foundation announced today the official launch of Mozilla Messaging, a new subsidiary dedicated to creating open-source Internet communication software. The organization, which is headed by former ActiveState CTO David Ascher, will take on stewardship of Mozilla Thunderbird. The newly-formed subsidiary has also revealed plans for Thunderbird 3, the next major version of the [...]

Mozilla is in the process of creating a new subsidiary—currently dubbed MailCo—that will manage and direct the ongoing development of Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client. Although the goal behind the creation of MailCo is to give the Thunderbird project unprecedented room for growth, the only two full-time contributors have decided to leave the nest.

Just three weeks after Mozilla Corp. spun off its Thunderbird to a new subsidiary, the only two paid developers working on the e-mail client said they were quitting the company. Both Scott McGregor and David Bienvenu used terse blog posts last week to announce that their last day with Mozilla will be Friday.

Among the many improvements that have been touted in the new version the most important are some new tools for better managing your inbox. These include Message Tagging and Message History features.

In an era when applications are moving into the web browser, the maker of the world’s most popular open-source e-mail client wants you to stay on the desktop. Later this month, Mozilla will release Thunderbird 2, the latest version of its cross-platform e-mail application. The current version, 1.5, has almost 50 million users worldwide and [...]

By the end of this week, the Thunderbird 2.0 Release Candidate will be launched. Thunderbird is Mozilla’s open source desktop email client, similar to Microsoft Outlook in features. However with the 2.0 release, Thunderbird takes on more Web functionality from the Firefox browser (more on that below). Thunderbird is cross-platform and it works on Mac, [...]