Popular Firefox Add-ons Expose Users to New Attack

Feb 12, 2020 Germany's cyber-security agency recommends Firefox as most Oct 17, 2019 Browser Extensions - Mozilla | MDN Extensions, or add-ons, can modify and enhance the capability of a browser. Extensions for Firefox are built using the WebExtensions API cross-browser technology. The technology for extensions in Firefox is, to a large extent, compatible with the extension API supported by Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Firefox add-ons. 1 year ago Windows Security ALIENWARE 17R4 Win 10 Workstation Pro x64 (2004) / Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) W 10 & (VM:15) & Webroot

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“The way add-ons are implemented in Firefox today allows for the scenario hypothesized and presented at Black Hat Asia. The method described relies on a popular add-on that is vulnerable to be installed, and then for the add-on that takes advantage of that vulnerability to also be installed,” Nick Nguyen, VP of Product at Firefox, told

So to this end I will make a case study with the latest release of Firefox, Firefox 21. Here I will design add-ons that attempt to get past Firefox’s security measures that a user might use to protect him-/herself against pos-sible malicious add-ons. After that I will use the results of that case study Firefox add-ons. 1 year ago Windows Security ALIENWARE 17R4 Win 10 Workstation Pro x64 (2004) / Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) W 10 & (VM:15) & Webroot The Mozilla add-ons website is the official repository for Firefox add-ons. In contrast to mozdev.org which provides free hosting for Mozilla-related projects, the add-ons site is tailored for users. By default, Firefox automatically checks the site for updates to installed add-ons. Add-ons may add security features to Firefox, improve how your favorite site looks in the browser, may help you download files more easily, or fix annoyances of Firefox itself or of websites. We have grouped all extensions listed here on this page into categories for easier access.