[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Hackers spent at least a year spying on Mozilla to discover Firefox security holes – and exploit them
- To: Ryan Carboni <[email protected]>
- Subject: Hackers spent at least a year spying on Mozilla to discover Firefox security holes – and exploit them
- From: [email protected] (Georgi Guninski)
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:08:34 +0300
- Cc: cpunks <[email protected]>
- In-reply-to: <CAO7N=i0SHe_YLj0UCX+pB4nFfrYwWH=ObYeEX5J0YDpKQ6Ag8g@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CAO7N=i0SHe_YLj0UCX+pB4nFfrYwWH=ObYeEX5J0YDpKQ6Ag8g@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 09:59:14PM -0700, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> No wonder firefox is seemingly more insecure lately.
>
> Only choices now are chrome or a text-only browser.
https://thestack.com/security/2015/06/19/google-criticised-for-opaque-audio-listening-binary-in-debians-chromium-browser/
Yoshino Yoshihito said in the report â??After upgrading chromium to 43, I
noticed that when it is running and immediately after the machine is
on-line it silently starts downloading â??Chrome Hotword Shared Moduleâ??
extension, which contains a binary without source code,â??