Mozilla Is Considering Blocking In-Page Pop-Ups In Firefox

Mozilla is collecting a dataset of in-page pop-ups in order to automatically block them in Firefox. In-page pop-ups are pop-ups that show pages at different times, such as when loading the website, scrolling, inactivity or opening a tab.

Experiments are now being done with a pop-up blocker to close these pop-ups automatically. For this Mozilla is working on a collection of such pop-ups. Internet users can report this via this page . The dataset is only needed to train the pop-up blocker. The plan is to be able to block them automatically without having a complete blocklist. Whether the feature also comes is still unclear. Firefox developer Ehsan Akhgari says on Twitter that Mozilla is exploring it as a possible Firefox feature.

Leak in iOS Mail App Allows Remote Attacker HTML Charge

A researcher has revealed a leak in the iOS Mail app which allows an attacker to load external HTML e-mail messages, which it is then possible to perform very convincing phishing attacks. The vulnerability was in January this year by researcher Jan Soucek discovered.

The iOS mail client shows a particular HTML tag in email messages can not be ignored. As a result, HTML content can be loaded which replaces the contents of the original e-mail message. Sourcek reported the problem to Apple in January, but because there is still no solution has appeared Soucek decided now a proof-of-concept to publish his attack. Thus, it is possible to display a pop-up to the user through the e-mail that looks like a legitimate logon window. In reality it is a malicious pop-up completed the password sends to the attacker, according to a demonstration video below.