{"id":4342,"date":"2010-11-26T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=4342"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:47:03","slug":"https-everywhere-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/https-everywhere-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"HTTPS Everywhere Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Electronic Freedom Frontier<\/strong> (EFF<\/a>) has updated its HTTPS Everywhere<\/a><\/strong> security tool to enhance protection for Firefox browser<\/a> users against webpage security flaws. The new version of HTTPS Everywhere is a response to growing concerns about website vulnerability in the aftermath of the October 2010 release of Firesheep<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Malware\"<\/a>Firesheep is an attack tool that could enable an eavesdropper on a network to take over another user’s web accounts on social networking sites<\/a> like Facebook<\/a> or webmail systems such as HotMail<\/a> if the browser’s connection to the web application either does not use cryptography or does not use it thoroughly enough.<\/p>\n

Since the first release of HTTPS Everywhere the Firefox plugin has been downloaded more than half a million times.<\/p>\n

Other sites targeted by Firesheep that now receive protection from HTTPS Everywhere include<\/p>\n