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1. #MOZILLA FIREFOX UPDATE 2019 FOR MAC OS X#
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It reads: “On Monday, June 17, 2019, Coinbase reported a vulnerability used as part of targeted attacks for a spear phishing campaign. If the staff who used Firefox clicked on the link in the email, an info-stealer downloaded to collect browser passwords and other data.įirefox sent me a statement via email, authored by Selena Deckelmann, senior director, Firefox browser engineering.

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According to ZDNet, the second exploit, described as a "sandbox escape" allowed actors to bypass the Firefox protected process and execute code on the underlying operating system.īoth zero days were being used in attempts to attack and infect staff of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase via phishing emails.

And at least you can rest easy knowing vulnerabilities of this severity are pretty uncommon in Firefox.Ī second zero day has been patched by Mozilla, just days after the first. So if you are using Firefox, take time to look for the update now. “Given that it is already being exploited, withholding information is likely only harming users.”

“This highlights the issue we have around disclosing vulnerabilities and often, the vague details given which could lead to confusion or worse, the issue being downplayed or ignored.”Īt very least, he says CVSS scores (the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which gives a numerical score for an idea of severity as well as providing an associated CVSS vector to help provide further information about the vulnerability) should be given to give a better idea of the risk. The last one was reported in December 2016, when Mozilla patched a zero day security flaw that was being used by attackers to expose and de-anonymize Tor browser users.įor now, Wright says: “Based on reports, especially from US CERT, it's best to err on the side of caution and treat this vulnerability as a means of an attacker to be able to run commands by exploiting it.”īut given that it’s already being actively exploited, Wright says Firefox should have released more information about this vulnerability. I have contacted the firm for comment and will update this story if and when it arrives.Īs ZDNet points out, Firefox zero-days are pretty rare. Due to the latter, it’s likely the attacks are related to cryptocurrency in some way.īut Mozilla hasn’t released any more details about the issue. The vulnerability was reported by Google's Samuel Groß and Coinbase Security. Likely most given the fixed versions (67.0.3 and ESR 60.7.1),” he says. “Unfortunately, details of the issue are really sparse, so it could be all prior versions of Firefox which are affected, or only a subset. He says the issue could impact “quite a few” Firefox users, especially since many have recently switched over to Firefox from Chrome. Sean Wright, independent security researcher advises users to “drop everything you are doing and update ASAP.” You can check if yours has the update by visiting "Firefox" on the menu bar and selecting "About Firefox." If an update is available, a new window should open and this will prompt the latest version to download.Īlthough the update will be pushed to users, it makes sense to check if yours is available now. You find the information published here later today.Firefox is also releasing the update automatically over the browser. Security updates are revealed after the official release of the web browser.

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Native MP3 encoding on all desktop systems (Windows, Mac and Linux).

New Firefox Kiosk mode is now available.The about:config page has been reimplemented using HTML.The redesigned certificates viewer opens in a tab in the browser and may remind users of the Firefox add-on Certainly Something which offers similar functionality. I reviewed the new version in August 2019 already and suggest you check out the article as it covers everything.

#MOZILLA FIREFOX UPDATE 2019 FOR MAC OS X#

Mozilla plans to introduce picture-in-picture mode in Firefox for Mac OS X and Linux in the future.įirefox 71.0 features a new certificates viewer.