According to the report, which was published in tehbloge company Mozilla, Russian users of the Firefox web browser attacked by hackers.
It is known that on Wednesday, August 5, attackers using the vulnerability to advertising banners one of the major news sites of the Russian Federation can steal files from computers of victims and send them to a server located on the territory of Ukraine.
Fraudsters inserted into the code display advertising banners malicious add-on module that hacks opening of PDF-documents browser, allowing access to files on the PCs of visitors news site.
It is worth noting that the company Mozilla has already released an urgent update your browser at number 39. 0.3 and recommends all users to immediately update your Firefox to the latest current version to avoid this. The new version of the browser has high security, and such problems should not be.
In turn, the experts advise to install an additional plug-in security which will protect users from the actions of fraudsters who often commit attacks on browsers.
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