Item that may be of interest for developers....
Carl Ostling <[email protected]>
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Article I just read this morning that may be of interest: http://www.itnews.com/article/3053889/security/researchers-attackers-could-use-holes-in-firefox-add-ons-to-target-your-pc.html?token=%23tk.ITN_nlt_ITnews_Daily_2016-04-11&idg_eid=edc826d048b806049b9087915395989e&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ITnews%20Daily%202016-04-11&utm_term=ITnews_Daily [http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/08/firefox-mac-icon-100051847-primary.idge.png]<http://www.itnews.com/article/3053889/security/researchers-attackers-could-use-holes-in-firefox-add-ons-to-target-your-pc.html?token=%23tk.ITN_nlt_ITnews_Daily_2016-04-11&idg_eid=edc826d048b806049b9087915395989e&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ITnews%20Daily%202016-04-11&utm_term=ITnews_Daily> Researchers: Attackers could use holes in Firefox add-ons to target your PC<http://www.itnews.com/article/3053889/security/researchers-attackers-could-use-holes-in-firefox-add-ons-to-target-your-pc.html?token=%23tk.ITN_nlt_ITnews_Daily_2016-04-11&idg_eid=edc826d048b806049b9087915395989e&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ITnews%20Daily%202016-04-11&utm_term=ITnews_Daily> www.itnews.com Researchers from Northwestern University discover how an attacker could write a Firefox add-on that takes advantage of security holes in other Firefox add-ons to do its bidding.