If your preferred browser is Firefox, make sure you’re running version 39.0.3. If you’re not, upgrade right now. Here’s why:
Yesterday morning, August 5, a Firefox user informed us that an advertisement on a news site in Russia was serving a Firefox exploit that searched for sensitive files and uploaded them to a server that appears to be in Ukraine. This morning Mozilla released security updates that fix the vulnerability. All Firefox users are urged to update to Firefox 39.0.3. The fix has also been shipped in Firefox ESR 38.1.1.
Scary isn’t it. At least Mozilla (the people behind Firefox) reacted quickly to this. Thus all you need to do is upgrade yourself to be fully protected.
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Update Firefox NOW Due To Exploit In the Wild
If your preferred browser is Firefox, make sure you’re running version 39.0.3. If you’re not, upgrade right now. Here’s why:
Yesterday morning, August 5, a Firefox user informed us that an advertisement on a news site in Russia was serving a Firefox exploit that searched for sensitive files and uploaded them to a server that appears to be in Ukraine. This morning Mozilla released security updates that fix the vulnerability. All Firefox users are urged to update to Firefox 39.0.3. The fix has also been shipped in Firefox ESR 38.1.1.
Scary isn’t it. At least Mozilla (the people behind Firefox) reacted quickly to this. Thus all you need to do is upgrade yourself to be fully protected.
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