{"id":10059,"date":"2018-08-17T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/86ab4128-f4a7-4bb7-977f-ace2ac558d53"},"modified":"2018-08-17T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T09:43:00","slug":"mozilla-wipes-23-firefox-add-ons-off-the-map-for-tracking-user-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/mozilla-wipes-23-firefox-add-ons-off-the-map-for-tracking-user-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla wipes 23 Firefox add-ons off the map for tracking user activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/08\/17\/926771a5-7843-43a4-9b34-ce3be6e2cc21\/thumbnail\/770x578\/a2e3c679bd691684504b87dc2cd4e385\/screen-shot-2018-08-17-at-09-51-35.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Mozilla has eradicated 23 Firefox add-ons for monitoring user browsing habits and covertly sending data to remote servers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"int\">More security news<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move was prompted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.web-security.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Security<\/a>, a Firefox browser add-on which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/firefox-add-on-snoops-on-200000-users-browsing-activities\/\">was found to be tracking<\/a> web page visits and sending this information to a server in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The add-on has been downloaded over 220,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>Web Security was originally included in a list of recommended add-ons posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/make-your-firefox-browser-a-privacy-superpower-with-these-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Firefox blog<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recommendation was quietly removed after German security researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuketz-blog.de\/warnung-web-security-addon-fuer-firefox-uebermittelt-womoeglich-sensible-daten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Kuketz revealed<\/a> that the software sends user data to a server over an unencrypted HTTP channel, potentially exposing users to eavesdropping and Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla told ZDNet at the time that the issue was being investigated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2018\/08\/15\/mozilla-recommended-privacy-extension-had-phone-home-feature\/#comment-4387106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suggestions were also made<\/a> by Firefox users that other add-ons conducted the same activities, which Firefox has taken seriously.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1483995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Bugzilla update<\/a>, engineer Jorge Villalobos said that while it is reasonable for some add-ons to check web pages in order to ascertain whether or not they are secure, additional issues were also brought up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/instagram-hack-is-locking-hundreds-of-users-out-of-their-accounts\/\">Instagram hack is locking hundreds of users out of their accounts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Data sent in an unsafe manner &#8212; such as through the use of HTTP rather than HTTPS &#8212; more information than necessary being transferred elsewhere, a lack of disclosure and code which &#8220;has the potential of executing remote code, which is partially obfuscated in its implementation&#8221; have all raised red flags at Firefox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TechRepublic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/firefox-quantum-a-cheat-sheet-for-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox Quantum: A cheat sheet for professionals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Web Security extension was removed as part of a wider purge. The add-ons removed by Firefox have been listed by <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1483995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ID number<\/a> and include <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/de\/firefox\/addon\/browser-security-1\/?src=recommended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Browser Security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/de\/firefox\/addon\/smarttube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SmartTube<\/a>, DirtyLittleHelpers, YTTools, and Quick AMZ.<\/p>\n<p>However, after engineers inspected the extensions, it has emerged that multiple add-ons acting under different names all have the &#8220;same code,&#8221; according to Villalobos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further inspection reveals they may all be the same person\/group,&#8221; the engineer said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNET: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/brave-browser-getting-closer-to-chrome-including-its-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brave browser getting closer to Chrome &#8212; including its extensions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extensions are no longer available to download and current users of the extension will find their add-ons have been disabled.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Web Security provided the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"49\">\n<p>&#8220;Without question, we made mistakes in our free add-ons for which we would like to sincerely apologize. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Encryption (SSL): The communication of our add-ons with the servers was not completely encrypted. This has been fixed on the server side and an update for the add-ons is ready and can be rolled out as soon as Mozilla unlocks the add-ons. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>We transfer the following data: &#8211; ID &#8211; Old URL \/ old host &#8211; New URL \/ new host &#8211; hash &#8211; App &#8211; Agent &#8211; Language. We use the ID to build a security chain that can consist of up to five consecutive requests.<\/p>\n<p>Should the user enter a malicious website, then the transferred &#8220;old URL&#8221; and the &#8220;new URL&#8221; can be used to track from which website the user came to this malicious website. With this system, malicious pages get a &#8220;red&#8221; rating. Pages that link to &#8220;red&#8221; pages receive a &#8220;yellow&#8221; rating. All this data is used to improve our heuristics and threat analysis. The transmitted data is stored for a maximum of 15 minutes on our German servers and cannot be used to identify a natural person.<\/p>\n<p>We use to transfer &#8220;App&#8221;, &#8220;Agent&#8221;, &#8220;Language&#8221; and &#8220;Hash&#8221; for statistical reasons. As part of the updates, however, this data will be removed in the next update.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avoid ambiguity, we will further clarify the explanations of what data is transferred and what it is used for in more detail.<\/p>\n<p>Remote Code Execution: Unfortunately, in the course of any continuous software development project remnants of old program code are always left behind. Such was the case for us, however, as reported in 7 out of 10 add-ons, this program code was no longer functional. In the past, this feature was used to quickly alert the user of critical threats without having to undergo the time-consuming update procedure. Mozilla&#8217;s new update policy makes this feature obsolete and this the functionality is no longer in use. With the future update, the remaining fragments will be permanently removed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we will improve our quality assurance management to avoid such code snippets or errors in the [future]. We regret the incident and would like to have the opportunity to regain the confidence placed in us by the users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Update 17.8 20.08 BST: Popup Blocker Ultimate was incorrectly included in the list of banned add-ons. This has been corrected accordingly.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous and related coverage<\/h3>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/mozilla-wipes-23-firefox-add-ons-off-the-map-for-tracking-user-activity\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: The purge was prompted by the exposure of the Web Security add-on&#8217;s data-slurping habits.<br \/>\nREAD MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zdnet-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mozilla wipes 23 Firefox add-ons off the 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