Firefox malicious add-ons block security updates
1 November 2021
On Monday, Firefox disclosed that it has blocked two malicious addons named Bypass and Bypass XN. As it was found misusing the proxy API, to block security updates to the browser. A total of 4,45,000 users have installed this add-on on their browsers
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