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Major Firefox vulnerability lets hackers steal your files using dodgy web ads

Major Firefox vulnerability lets hackers steal your files using dodgy web ads

Posted on August 11, 2015August 26, 2019 By Jarvis

If you needed another reason to install an ad-blocker on your web browser, read on.

Mozilla Firefox users are this week being urged to update to the latest version after an exploit was found being used in the wild which allowed the scooping up of files from users’ computers via an ad without leaving a trace behind of the hack.
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