FireFox Fixed by Mozilla

by shrabasti on September 8, 2010

in News,Vulnerabilities

Mozilla released two new versions of its browser, Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12, to close 10 critical security vulnerabilities in each and to block clickjacking.

Firefox 3.6 also gets a new general approach to cut down browsing risks: support for X-Frame-Options HTTP response header. Web developers can use it to block browsers from showing their Web sites inside a frame. Putting a genuine website inside a frame on a harmful website is one approach for attacks called clickjacking, in which the malicious website captures keystrokes such as usernames and passwords.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20015650-264.html

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