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Mozilla Updates Firefox 24 With 17 Security Advisories

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Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 18, 2013

The latest open-source Firefox browser release adds new user features and patches critical security vulnerabilities.

Mozilla on Sept. 17 released its latest open-source Firefox browser update for both Android as well as desktop versions for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The Firefox 24 release is light on new user-facing features and heavy on security fixes, providing 17 security advisories, seven of which Mozilla has rated “critical.”

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Sean Michael Kerner

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