nsane.forums Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Banking and other information from secure sites will no longer be displayed for all to see. Mozilla has closed a security hole in its Firefox browser that could expose information from secure websites to anyone gaining access to the software. The flaw was found in the New Tab feature of Firefox 13. That feature displays thumbnails of previously visited websites whenever a new tab page is created. Those thumbnails could contain confidential information from banking and other secured websites. "The new tab feature that displays thumbnails of your favorite and recently visited sites in Firefox now omits privacy-sensitive websites like banking or webmail sites," Mozilla said in a statement to PCWorld. "The new tab thumbnails are based on your browsing history and you can easily control the experience by moving or deleting the thumbnails," it added. While Mozilla believes it has solved the New Tab problem, some security experts believe the root of the glitch may be difficult to address. That's because information from secure websites is routinely cached by browsers and has been for some time, according Sophos security expert Paul Ducklin. Anyone with access to Firefox, or its cache information, could browse that information for sensitive data, he explained. For example, everything in the cache of Firefox or Google Chrome can be displayed by typing in the address bar "about:cache" or "chrome://cache/." Although Mozilla has closed the New Tab loophole, it's still wise to set Firefox's history settings to clear its history when you close the software and to clear its recent history after performing tasks that involve submitting personal identifying information. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well, if you're not cleaning your history (including site preferences, cache, cookies, passwords, download history, typed addresses/urls etc.) after conducting banking transactions or credit/debit card deals of any sort on a shared computer, I'm afraid, you won't have a whole lotta sympathy from me if something goes wrong :chair:Why would you do it on a shared computer anyways, unless it belongs to a family member or something? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 These holes are never-ending, you close one and lo - there pops another. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyheyhey007 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 When I first saw this new feature I disabled it right away. I don't share my computer but I don't like the idea that anyone looking over my shoulder can see exactly what sites I visited. I mean if I was searching for an office 2010 key or any other key online I don't need the person next to me to know about it. Either way if you clean your history every time you close you browser this really isn't an issue and in fact this feature is then useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 It's best to have the new tab window open to about:blank - well, worse-come-to-worse; Google Advanced Search (anything beyond that would be misadventure - has always been . . . . . . . . ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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