Firefox 48 FINAL improves download protection as part of wider security crackdown

Mozilla has unveiled Firefox 48 FINAL for desktop. After the relatively minor releases of late, Firefox 48 contains a number of notable new features, both visible and behind the scenes, to excite users. There’s improved protection against potentially malicious downloads, the requirement for add-ons to be both verified and signed by Mozilla before they will load, and a number of WebRTC enhancements -- and that’s just for starters. Firefox 48’s somewhat cryptic battle cray is "roar for moar protection against harmful downloads!". It refers to new features for blocking potentially malicious downloads and sees the Security tab of Firefox’s Options get… [Continue Reading]