Previously available to beta users Tracking Protection blocks third party page elements, such as ads, social network buttons, analytics, and other bits of information that could record a users’ browsing activity and profile users across multiple sites when its loaded by pages. When browsing the Web, you unknowingly share information about yourself with third parties that are separate from the site you’re actually visiting, even in Private Browsing mode on any browser. Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox actively blocks content like ads, analytics trackers and social share buttons that may record your behavior without your knowledge across sites.

With the FCC declining to enforce Tracking Protection it is up to browser providers to offer protection. This is certainly a good first step and certainly makes Firefox the browser of choice for privacy advocates.

Mozilla has released a security update for a vulnerability in their Firefox web browser. The vulnerability comes from the interaction of the mechanism that enforces JavaScript context separation (the “same origin policy”) and Firefox’s PDF Viewer. Mozilla products that don’t contain the PDF Viewer, such as Firefox for Android, are not vulnerable. The vulnerability does not enable the execution of arbitrary code but the exploit was able to inject a JavaScript payload into the local file context. This allowed it to search for and upload potentially sensitive local files.

To manually update Firefox:

1. Click the menu button , click help and select About Firefox. On the menu bar click the Firefox menu and select About Firefox.
2. The About Firefox window will open and Firefox will begin checking for updates and downloading them automatically.

   

3. When the updates are ready to be installed, click Restart to UpdateRestart Firefox to Update.

   

Firefox 36 was released on Tuesday and a number of security fixes have been included, some deemed critical. Users should ensure they are running the latest version.

Source: Firefox

Mozilla has  released Firefox 35 and it comes with fixes for several critical vulnerabilities. Firefox users should upgrade immediately.

Source: Mozilla