Guide to Hardening Your Firefox Browser in OS X

Published

2013-05-22 00:00

Collected

2026-07-08 08:51

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id: 4293
title: "Guide to Hardening Your Firefox Browser in OS X"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/hardening-firefox-browser-in-os-x-2"
published_at: "2013-05-22T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["browser-security", "endpoint-security", "firefox", "sandboxing", "macos", "hardening"]
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lang: en
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# Guide to Hardening Your Firefox Browser in OS X

## Summary

Bishop Fox's guide to hardening Firefox on OS X: disable unneeded plugins to shrink attack surface, add security extensions, sandbox the browser, and shift browsing habits to blunt web-based attacks.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2013-05-22T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/hardening-firefox-browser-in-os-x-2
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4293