Google and Mozilla are tidying up security features and patching vulnerabilities in Chrome and Firefox for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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Firefox makes it easier for users to dodge ad-trackers
Firefox has introduced a new set of controls to make it easier for privacy-conscious users to protect themselves from online ad trackers.
Rogue websites can turn vulnerable browser extensions into back doors
A researcher has found that websites can use some extensions to bypass security policies, execute code, and even install other extensions.
The passwordless web explained
Naked Security attempts to demystify passwordless web authentication.
Update now! Adobe Flash has another critical security vulnerability
Adobe’s Flash Player for Windows, Mac and Linux has a critical vulnerability that should be patched as a top priority.
Has that website been pwned? Firefox Monitor will tell you
Firefox Monitor, a breach notification website launched by Mozilla in September, can now deliver alerts from inside the Firefox browser.
Firefox 63 gets tough with trackers
Mozilla’s Enhanced Tracking Protection is going mainstream.
Firefox Monitor starts tracking breached email addresses
Mozilla has formally launched Firefox Monitor, a privacy-engineered website that hooks up to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) breach notification database.
Vote now! Which web browser do you trust the most?
Your web browser goes with you everywhere on the web. But how much do you trust it?
Keybase browser extension weakness discovered
Respected researcher Wladimir Palant has recommended users “uninstall the Keybase browser extension ASAP” after discovering a gap in its end-to-end encryption.