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How the Mozilla Sniffer Backdoor Was Discovered

author-unknown — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:13:00 +0000

(reprinted from: Slashdot)

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla pulled one of their Firefox add-ons earlier this week for containing a backdoor which stole passwords from its users. Netcraft has taken a closer look at how the rogue extension worked, and how it was discovered by chance rather than through any code review process. Mozilla are working on a new security model to stop this kind of backdoor happening again."

Middle-Click Browser History Buttons to Go Back or Forward in New Tabs [Shortcuts]

author-unknown — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000

(reprinted from: Lifehacker)

Quick browser tip: Everybody knows middle-clicking links in modern browsers will open the link in a new tab. Reader Landon Roberts points out that the same middle-click works on your forward and back buttons (and more). More »

Zotero

Beanbag — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:48:09 +0000

(reprinted from: Delicious/tsangal)

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

Middle-Click to Open Firefox Links in a New Foreground Tab

Beanbag — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:26 +0000

Here is a variation of a useful shortcut you might not be aware of. Just include the Shift key when you want to open a link in a new tab in the foreground rather than in the background. It also works for Control-clicks.

It is common knowledge that middle-clicking on a link opens it in a new background tab, but pressing shift while middle-clicking opens it in a new foreground tab. This especially comes in handy when you’ve got dozens of tabs open and don’t want to shuffle through all your tabs to find the one you just opened.

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