Category Archives: browser

Firefox 62 fixes several vulnerabilities

Posted on 2018-09-10 by guenni

This week Firefox 62 has been released. Users who are still using Firefox 61 should update. Firefox 61 has a number of vulnerabilities that are fixed in version 62. 

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Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on

Posted on 2018-08-29 by guenni

[German]Just a brief addendum to the August 14, 2018 patchday: Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on (SSO) and causes trouble even with terminal servers.

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Firefox Addon Stylish is back ….

Posted on 2018-08-17 by guenni

[German]Dead ones live longer. The Stylish addon, with which you can give websites their own style, is back for Firefox. Great development, here's some background information you need to know. 

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Firefox addon Web Security transfers private data

Posted on 2018-08-16 by guenni

[German]It isn't a nice story so far: Mozilla's developers have recommended the addon Web Security for a short time to protect privacy and to secure the browser. However, this addon transmits the URLs and other (possibly private or sensitive) data … Continue reading →

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Firefox 61.0.2 released

Posted on 2018-08-09 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have released an (unscheduled) update to Firefox 61.0.2. This update brings some bug fixes (if I haven't overlooked anything but no security fixes). In addition, a new, practical function (automatic recovery) is introduced for Windows

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Mozilla’s DNS Single Point of Failure build into Firefox

Posted on 2018-08-08 by guenni

[German]Firefox developers are starting again a (security) war against it's users by attempting, to implement DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) into Firefox browser. But Mozilla's way to do that, is a Single Point of Failure  (SPOF). Here is … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Patchday: Other Updates July 10, 2018

Posted on 2018-07-13 by guenni

[German]On July 10, 2018 (patchday) Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. This blog post contains details of selected patches that are not included in the remaining articles linked at the end of the article.

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Chrome’s 67 Site Isolation as Spectre mitigation

Posted on 2018-07-13 by guenni

[German]Google's Chrome developershave activated site isolation on 99% of the systems using version 67 of the browser. This feature also serves as protection against spectre attacks.

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Browser Add-On Stylish for Chrome/Firefox banned

Posted on 2018-07-08 by guenni

[German]Google and Mozilla have banned the Stylish browser extension (AddOn) from the stores. Here is some background information about this add-on.

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Tor Browser 7.5.6 released

Posted on 2018-06-27 by guenni

After the Mozilla developers released an update to Firefox browser 61 on June 26, 2018, the Tor project has followed and updated the Tor bundle to Version 7.5.6.

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