Earlier than originally planned, the Mozilla Foundation developers have released Firefox version 3.6.2, closing a security hole that prompted the German Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI) to issue a warning about using Firefox.

The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.

In a bid to respond to a critical security vulnerability, Mozilla has released a new version of its open source Firefox Web browser ahead of schedule.

Just days after the arrival of Firefox 3.6.7, Mozilla has released version 3.6.8 of its open source web browser to close a single critical vulnerability which was introduced in the previous update

Mozilla's Firefox 3.5.1 browser is now out with fixes for one critical zero-day vulnerability that first became public earlier this week.

In an interesting twist on browser-based security issues, security researchers said they have found a flaw in which Microsoft's Internet Explorer can cause Mozilla's Firefox to execute remote malicious code. Security firm Secunia released an advisory Tuesday, ranking the flaw as highly critical. The vulnerability is confirmed on Firefox 2.0.0.4 on a fully-patched version of Windows XP SP2.

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5.1 to fix the recently reported security vulnerability in the Just-in-Time (JIT) JavaScript compiler, an exploit for the Windows version of which is already doing the rounds. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability to inject and execute code on vulnerable systems.

All those millions of people that rushed to download Firefox 3 got something they didn't expect - a critical security vulnerability. Some people smell a rat!

Debate is reaching a fever pitch over a new security feature in Firefox 3.0 that throws out a warning page to users when a Web site's SSL certificate is expired or has not been issued by a trusted third party.