37K Chrome Users Tricked into Downloading Fake Adblock Plus Extension

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General Purpose Blocker: uBlock

General Purpose Blocker An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. uBlock Origin or uBlock₀ is not an ad blocker ; it’s a general-purpose blocker. uBlock₀ blocks ads through its support of the Adblock Plus filter syntax . uBlock₀ extends the syntax and is designed to work with...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2015-678)

MozillaFirefox was updated to version 41.0.2 to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2015-7184: Cross-origin restriction bypass using Fetch bsc950686. These non-security issues were fixed : - Fix a startup crash related to Yandex toolbar and Adblock Plus bmo1209124 - Fix...

Security update for MozillaFirefox (important)

MozillaFirefox was updated to version 41.0.2 to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2015-7184: Cross-origin restriction bypass using Fetch bsc950686. These non-security issues were fixed: Fix a startup crash related to Yandex toolbar and Adblock Plus bmo1209124 Fix...

Mozilla Addresses 14-Year-Old Bug in Firefox 41

Developers at Mozilla pushed out Firefox 41 this week and brought some much needed relief to Adblock Plus users by finally fixing a 14-year old bug in the browser. The update addresses a longstanding issue with how the browser handles memory usage by the add-on. Previously the browser created too...

Android 4.3 Superuser Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The Superuser package for Android 4.3 allows a user to spawn /system/xbin/su with manipulated environment variables to execute code as root. Current releases of the CyanogenMod/ClockWorkMod/Koush Superuser package may allow restricted local users to execute arbitrary commands as root in certain,...

Mozilla Packages Firefox Security Suite Add-Ons

Mozilla has packaged a suite of security-centric plugins to help Firefox users stay safe while surfing on the Internet. The package, available here, includes NoScript, Better Privacy, AdBlock Plus and WOT Web of Trust. Mozilla has also expanded its Plugin Check to help users identify and patch...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2009-31

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2009-31 Title: XUL scripts bypass content-policy checks Impact: Low Announced: June 11, 2009 Reporter: Wladimir Palant Products: Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Fixed in: Firefox 3.0.11 Description Mozilla add-on developer and community member Wladimir Palant...

XUL scripts bypass content-policy checks — Mozilla

Mozilla add-on developer and community member Wladimir Palant reported that content-loading policies were not checked before loading external script files into XUL documents. The severity of this problem would depend on the reasons behind the content policy check, which include privacy from "web...