Be Careful of Firefox Extensions

Be careful of Firefox extensions. There has been a vulnerability identified in some of the Firefox extensions, particularly the Google Toolbar.
You can read the story by Washington Post Columnist Brian Krebs, “A New Vector For Hackers — Firefox Add-Ons

Google has since announced a fix for the security flaw that was identified by Chris Soghoian, an Indiana University doctoral candidate. He has documented many flaws in many of the popular add-ons.

Just be careful when you are updating extensions. Especially if you do it at a public hotspot.

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