The open-source Mozilla Foundation says it blocked a series of malicious Firefox add-ons that misused the proxy API that extensions use to proxy web requests. The API allows add-ons to control the manner in which the browser connects to the Internet, and some extensions were found to abuse this. The post Mozilla Blocks Malicious Firefox Add-Ons Abusing Proxy API appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The open-source Mozilla Foundation says it blocked a series of malicious Firefox add-ons that misused the proxy API that extensions use to proxy web requests.
The API allows add-ons to control the manner in which the browser connects to the Internet, and some extensions were found to abuse this.
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