[ale] Security issue in Firefox 13

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Scott,

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard about it. After I read your post, I used the procedure in the links you provided to disable this tab screen on all my installations of Firefox.

Sincerely,

Ron


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Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:

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I'm sure most of you on the list are already aware of this, but in
case you're not. Firefox 13 included a new feature in their Tabs. When
you open a new Tab instead of a blank page it is setup to display most
recent visited sites based on history. I personally have history
disabled as well as deleting all cookies and cache upon exit.

The following links are from a newsletter from SANS:

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Security-concerns-over-Firefox-s-new-tab-thumbnail-feature-1625761.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/22/firefox_new_tab_security_concerns/

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/240002552

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/firefox-thumbnails-could-expose-private-data-fix-coming-soon/12568?tag=main;top-stories

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