Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw
News The developer of Greasemonkey is making an update for a critical security flaw in his extension to the Firefox browser available via the Mozilla Web site. Greasemonkey is a popular add-on used to customise the design and behaviour of Web pages.
[July 21, 2005, 9:45]
Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw
Talkback I am not sure that this flaw was discovered by the fact that somebody exploited it. My understanding is that it was discovered by vigilant members of the open source community. In that case, the comment by the first poster about "attacks beginning...
[July 26, 2005, 23:09]
Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw
Talkback Saying this is a Firefox "slip up" is at best misleading, and at worst outright FUD. Extensions are *not* part of the browser and are the responsibility of the developer, *not* the Mozilla foundation.
[July 22, 2005, 12:35]
Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw
Talkback Oh well, it looks like it's begun in earnest. I don't claim to be a preacher of Internet Explorer, but then I've always said that its numerous security issues have not all been down to poor coding, but down to its popularity.
[July 22, 2005, 11:54]
Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw
Talkback What kind of double-speak is this? The attack on SpreadFirefox.com was an embarrassment to the Mozilla Foundation, which uses security as a main selling point for the browser. It was an attack on the server which hosts the site for promoting the...
[October 5, 2005, 7:11]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Bypass Annoying Site Registrations
White Papers Many online newspapers require one to register with the site before being able to read online articles. This registration is annoying, invasive, and a serious privacy risk. Several newspaper publishing companies have been caught selling their...
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Search Results
White Papers The user script given in this paper runs on all Google pages. It uses an XPath query to find all the search results (they're each wrapped in a element), and then inserts red numbers beside each search result, from 1 to 9, then 0 for the 10th result.
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Trace XMLHttpRequest Activity
White Papers XMLHttpRequest is a JavaScript technique that enables a page to interact with the server without having to reload the entire page. This nonstandard API was first developed by Microsoft for Internet Explorer, but it was later picked up and...
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
Chrome steps closer to Mac, Linux and extensions
News But a new cutting-edge version of Chrome, 2.0.156.1, gets support for some 'Greasemonkey' scripts to customise the browser, a move that lays the groundwork for extensions, Rakowski said. Version 2.0.156.1 includes many new features besides...
[January 12, 2009, 6:59]
Don't monkey about with security
Leader Also included in the menagerie of extensions is Greasemonkey, which uses JavaScript to let you customise the way a Web page displays. The rise in popularity of the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser has seen a concomitant increase in the number...
[July 21, 2005, 14:55]
Don't monkey about with security
Talkback Thank goodness for Open Source's Final Sanction: if Greasemonkey is unsafe to use then you can uninstall it, completely removing it from your computer.
[July 22, 2005, 8:56]
Mozilla marks 10th birthday, warns of Firefox bug
News Following the notification of the flaw by vulnerability researcher Gerry Eisenhaur, Snyder confirmed on Tuesday that the flaw would affect users who had installed "flat" Firefox extensions — add-ons, such as Download Statusbar and Greasemonkey...
[January 24, 2008, 16:53]
Firefox loses market share
News Over the last couple of months, developers have patched a number of security flaws in the open source browser and in Greasemonkey, a third-party extension for the browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer has clawed back some market share from Mozilla...
[August 15, 2005, 17:05]
Mozilla expands as Firefox ploughs on
News Extensions like AdBlocker and even Greasemonkey may be easily ported and seamlessly run on these handhelds. As it marked the 75 millionth download of its Firefox Web browser, the Mozilla Foundation said it was expanding in several directions.
[July 27, 2005, 13:25]
Google reveals Chrome customisation plan
News Among the interface options should be "toolbars, sidebars, content scripts (for Greasemonkey-like functionality) and content filtering (for parental filters, malware filters or AdBlock-like functionality)," Google said.
[December 2, 2008, 8:19]
Jetpack promises smoother add-ons for Firefox
News This is something that cannot be done with Firefox's current add-on system, but has been possible in third-party tools such as Greasemonkey, which allow users to pick and choose which scripts are active.
[May 21, 2009, 12:38]
Chrome extensions arriving in developer version
News We're ready for a few more people to start using extensions — the kind of adventurous people who populate the dev channel," said Boodman, who earlier in his career developed the Greasemonkey tool that permitted extensive customisation of Firefox.
[September 10, 2009, 9:02]
Yahoo India hosts mashup event
News The winner of the Most Parallel hack, called Collaborative Browsing, was an application using a plug-in for Mozilla , Greasemonkey and JavaScript to allow two or more users to surf websites in parallel.
[October 15, 2007, 16:54]
