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I spy a spy

(9/16/2018)

Recently, I discovered that the author of several Firefox add-ons has turned some of them into spyware designed to steal passwords from unsuspecting users.

Ngựa thành Troy

(5/08/2008)

Updated: With extensions for programs like Firefox at the convergence of desktop applications and the Web, they can at times become attack vectors. Plus: A status update for my Vietnamese localization of Thunderbird.

0x10118FF8AE9811DB9F6F42C955D89593

(1/27/2007)

When security expert Bruce Schneier wrote last month about the passwords people choose for their MySpace accounts, you may’ve chuckled at the one in a thousand who chose “blink182”. But don’t be so quick to consider yourself completely secure.