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Tag Archives: Firefox
SSCC 198 – “Fusking”? Did I hear that correctly? [PODCAST]
A week of many patches, Lenovo in the news again, an anti-forensic tool with a misleading name, and the rudely-named “sport” of Fusking. Listen to our latest straight-talking security podcast…
TLS certificate blunder revisited – whither China Internet Network Information Center?
Just under three weeks ago, we wrote about a TLS certificate blunder by a Root Certificate Authority called CNNIC. We thought we’d revisit that story today to see how the Big Four browser makers responded to the lapse…
SSCC 193 – Pick a YouTube security token, any token! [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest computer security stories in their inimitable style. Turn news into advice with the Sophos Security Chet Chat!
Firefox issues brand new update to fix HTTPS security hole in new update
Firefox 37.0 added support for a security-enhancing feature in HTTP/2 known as Alternative Services. Unfortunately, the new feature had a rather bad HTTPS security hole all of its own…
“Probably tired and shagged out after a long squawk” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly witty-but-serious video – news you can use, and it only takes a minute. Enjoy…
SSCC 191 – Live in Ljubljana [PODCAST]
Chester is on the road again, this time to present at a conference in Slovenia. So this episode of the Chet Chat comes to you from an al fresco café in downtown Ljubljana…
“Pwn2Own” competition pops Flash, Reader and four browsers, pays out over $550K [POLL]
Pwn2Own has become something of an institution on the North American computer security conference circuit. Come and vote in our poll to tell us what you think of security contests like this…
SSCC 186 – Just how firm is your firmware? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast – from firmware and Firefox to Project Zero and Lightning conductors. Chet and Duck are in fine fettle as usual…enjoy!
Firefox to get a “walled garden” for browser extensions, Mozilla to be sole arbiter
Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser is heading towards signed browser extensions only. Even if you publish your extensions “off market,” you’ll have to get Mozilla to sign them first.