Mozilla to Drop FTP Support in Firefox 90

Mozilla to Drop FTP Support in Firefox 90

FTP support already removed from Nightly and Beta builds

Mozilla Firefox to Disable FTP Support by Default in Version 77

Mozilla Firefox to Disable FTP Support by Default in Version 77

The world’s giving up on FTP support due to security reasons

Debian Project to Shut Down Its Public FTP Services, Developers Are Not Affected

Debian Project to Shut Down Its Public FTP Services, Developers Are Not Affected

The public FTP services will close starting November 1, 2017

Java and Python Plagued by Bug Allowing Attackers to Avoid Firewalls

Java and Python Plagued by Bug Allowing Attackers to Avoid Firewalls

The vendors were told about the problem and have yet to patch things up, leaving the door open to attackers

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 18th, 2016
Nearly 800,000 FTP Servers Accessible Online Without Authentication

Nearly 800,000 FTP Servers Accessible Online Without Authentication

Very few have write access enabled, though

PhotoMiner Worm Spreads via Vulnerable FTP Servers, Mines for Crypto-Currency

PhotoMiner Worm Spreads via Vulnerable FTP Servers, Mines for Crypto-Currency

Crooks use worm to mine for the Monero crypto-currency

FBI Raids Home of Researcher Who Alerted Company of Publicly Exposed Data

FBI Raids Home of Researcher Who Alerted Company of Publicly Exposed Data

FBI brings guns to the house of a security researcher with three kids, all because of a publicly available FTP server

WifiTransfer App Lets Users Move Files from Ubuntu Touch to Any Other Distro

WifiTransfer App Lets Users Move Files from Ubuntu Touch to Any Other Distro

This is not something difficult to achieve

Chrome and Firefox Are Considering Removing Built-in FTP Support

Chrome and Firefox Are Considering Removing Built-in FTP Support

You'll need an extension to navigate FTP links in the future

Yebot Backdoor Built for Wide Range of Malicious Operations

Yebot Backdoor Built for Wide Range of Malicious Operations

Includes RDP, FTP and SOCKS 5 server support

Thousands of FTP Servers Compromised, UNICEF and NYT Impacted

Thousands of FTP Servers Compromised, UNICEF and NYT Impacted

Security researchers from Hold Security have identified more than 7,000 FTP sites

FileZilla 3 Review

FileZilla 3 Review

User-friendly FTP and SFTP client that features fast file transfers

FileZilla Client 3.7.4.1 Available for Download

FileZilla Client 3.7.4.1 Available for Download

Minor update that fixes the detection of modified files

FileZilla Client 3.7.4 RC1 Available for Download

FileZilla Client 3.7.4 RC1 Available for Download

It adds support for HMAC-SHA2 256-bit algorithm for SFTP

Cybercriminals Steal FTP Credentials with Fake FileZilla

Cybercriminals Steal FTP Credentials with Fake FileZilla

There are only a few things that tell the fake version apart from the real one

Cyberduck 4.4.2 FTP Client Becomes More Accessible for Blind Users

Cyberduck 4.4.2 FTP Client Becomes More Accessible for Blind Users

It adds accessibility for the visually impaired in Transfer window using VoiceOver

WinSCP 5.1.7 Available for Download

WinSCP 5.1.7 Available for Download

It integrates both stability and functionality fixes and improvements

 
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