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Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language
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Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Mozilla, the company that makes the Firefox browser, revised its Terms of Use for the second time in as many weeks on Friday after receiving backlash for using wording that seemed to grant the business ownership of all user-uploaded data. As per the updated Terms of Use, You grant Mozilla the authority to run Firefox. Processing your data as we outline in the Firefox Privacy Notice is part of this. Additionally, it comes with a nonexclusive, royalty-free, global license that allows you to do whatever you want with the content you enter in Firefox. Mozilla does not acquire any ownership of that content as a result. This clause's prior iteration, which took effect on February 26, stated By using Firefox to upload or enter data, you give us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, global li...
Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately
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Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately

Mozilla has disclosed that active exploitation of a significant security hole that affects Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) has occurred in the wild. It has been stated that the vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-9680 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a use-after-free flaw in the Animation timeline component. By taking advantage of a use-after-free in Animation timelines, an attacker was able to obtain code execution in the content process, Mozilla stated in an alert on Wednesday. "We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild." The vulnerability was found and reported by security researcher Damien Schaeffer of the Slovakian corporation ESET read more about Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack Update Your Browser Immediately. Get up to date on the ...