{"id":59945,"date":"2018-12-10T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59945"},"modified":"2018-12-10T11:16:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:16:37","slug":"scammers-exploit-firefox-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/scammers-exploit-firefox-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers Exploit 11 Year-Old Firefox Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefox Leaves Security Gap Open for Hackers…<\/h3>\n

One of the top used browsers, Firefox, has left a security gap open which hackers and scammers continue to exploit.\u00a0 These cyber criminals are embedding an iframe into various\u00a0malicious website’s source code, which can be exploited on each browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox).\u00a0 However, it is how the browser reacts to it that is different.<\/p>\n

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Due to Firefox’s security gap, this iframe will create an infinite loop of “authentication alerts” like what can be seen above.\u00a0 The only way for the user to escape these alerts is to kill the browser.\u00a0 To do so, they would need to end the browsing session within the Task Manager.<\/p>\n

However, if the user is running Chrome, the pop-up box opens at the tab level of the browser instead of the browser level.\u00a0 Meaning, users may close the tab without interrupting their entire browser session.\u00a0 In Edge, the delay between the iframe and the browser is long enough, so the user may close the tab and\/or browser without experiencing the constant loop of the iframe pop-up.<\/p>\n

Although it remains unclear if\/when Firefox will address the vulnerability — their resolution method will likely replicate one of their competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Firefox Leaves Security Gap Open for Hackers… One of the top used browsers, Firefox, has left a security gap open which hackers and scammers continue to exploit.\u00a0 These cyber criminals are embedding an iframe into various\u00a0malicious website’s source code, which can be exploited on each browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox).\u00a0 However, it is how the 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