Python Programming Learning Circle

May 30, 2022 · Information Security

Mozilla Blocks Malicious Firefox Add-ons “Bypass” and “Bypass XM” and Details Security Risks and Updates

Mozilla’s security team has blocked the malicious Firefox add-ons “Bypass” and “Bypass XM”, which abused the browser’s proxy API to hijack updates and bypass paywalls, affecting hundreds of thousands of users, and introduced new fallback mechanisms and a “Proxy Failover” extension in Firefox 93.