Mozilla has announced that all Firefox plug-ins, barring the most recent version of Flash, will soon require explicit user authorization before being allowed to run ...

Mozilla this week began blocking outdated versions of a Java plug-in in Firefox for some Mac users after calling the threat posed by the Flashback malware “evident and imminent.” The move came two ...

Users are beginning to report some significant issues with the final release of Firefox 1.5, centering around improper page rendering, problems with Java applets, and interface navigation. Many of the ...

The popular plugin Java, still required for many sites and web apps, will be marked as unsafe in Firefox starting with Firefox 24. This decision is a result of the many security flaws that have been ...

A Java security vulnerability that is actively being exploited in the wild has Mozilla worried. When the vulnerability was first discovered, a few days ago, Mozilla urged users to disable the Java ...

Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 26 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions include Click to Play turned on by default for all Java plugins, more seamless updates on Windows, and a ...

Firefox developer Mozilla has introduced a plugin-checking mechanism that verifies the version of the Java add-on installed locally and automatically disables it if vulnerable. The mechanism went live ...

Mozilla on Friday announced it has added Java 7 Update 9, Java 7 Update 10, Java 6 Update 37, and Java 6 Update 38 to its Firefox add-on block list, following yesterday’s news of a new vulnerability.