Firefox 36.0.4 Released

Mozilla released another emergency security update for Firefox 36 on March 21, 2026 with Firefox 36.0.4. This update has more Security fixes for issues disclosed at HP Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own contest. Depending on their update settings, users should be prompted shortly … Continue reading

Firefox 36.0.3 Released

Mozilla released an emergency security update for Firefox 36 on March 20, 2026 with Firefox 36.0.3. This update has Security fixes for issues disclosed at HP Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own contest. Depending on their update settings, users should be prompted shortly to … Continue reading

Getting Superfish out of Firefox

From the Mozilla Security Blog: First things first: If you are reading this post on a recent Lenovo laptop, please click the lock icon in the URL bar, then click “More Information…”. If you see “Verified by: Superfish, Inc.”, you … Continue reading

Tinfoil for Firefox provides easy access to advanced privacy preferences

“While you can make privacy related configuration changes in the Firefox options, many advanced options become only available when you load about:config or install add-ons that provide you with frontend access to those settings.“You can check out our list of … Continue reading

Firefox and POODLE Attack

Google researchers announced recently of the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) Attack which hackers take advantage of sites (around 0.3%) still using the outdated (introduced in 1996) SSLv3 security protocol. Mozilla has announced that SSLv3 will be disabled, unfortunately it won’t … Continue reading

Be careful with extensions…

Browsers extensions are great as they enhance the usability and your experience with your browser. However, there are some extensions out there that will actually do the opposite. This seems to be a bigger problem for Chrome but there are a … Continue reading

Firefox 32 Download Security Feature/Annoyance

Now, for whatever reason I have not seen any reference to this new feature (or annoyance as Mozilla makes it rather difficult to allow the download if you understand the risks) in the Firefox 32.x release notes. From the Mozilla Security Blog: Until … Continue reading