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Mozilla: Security Hole, Faking Privacy, Thunderbird Contributor Highlight

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2024

The Register UK ☛ Mozilla releases patches for actively exploited Firefox bug

Mozilla said CVE-2024-9680 is a use-after-free issue in Animation timelines – the pane within the Firefox browser's Page Inspector that depicts how a given element's animation progresses.

The most alarming aspect of the advisory, however, was Mozilla revealing that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild already.

LWN ☛ Updating Firefox is highly recommended

Mozilla has released Firefox versions 131.0.2, ESR 128.3.1, and ESR

115.16.1. These updates address a

severe, remotely exploitable code-execution vulnerability that is

evidently already being exploited. Updating to a fixed release seems like

a wise thing to do.

Mozilla ☛ Mozilla Privacy Blog: How Lawmakers Can Help People Take Control of Their Privacy [Ed: Mozilla pretending that it strives for privacy while actively antagonising it (for profit)]

At Mozilla, we’ve long advocated for universal opt-out mechanisms that empower people to easily assert their privacy rights. A prime example of this is Global Privacy Control (GPC), a feature built into Firefox. When enabled, GPC sends a clear signal to websites that the user does not wish to be tracked or have their personal data sold.

Thunderbird ☛ Mozilla Thunderbird: Contributor Highlight: Toad Hall

We’re back with another contributor highlight! We asked our most active contributors to tell us about what they do, why they enjoy it, and themselves. Last time, we talked with Arthur, and for this installment, we’re chatting with Toad Hall.

If you’ve used Support Mozilla (SUMO) to get help with Thunderbird, Toad Hall may have helped you. They are one of our most dedicated contributors, and their answers on SUMO have helped countless people.