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Firefox Fission aims to thwart nasty Spectre-style attacks

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Firefox Fission aims to thwart nasty Spectre-style attacks

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https://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-fissi ... e-attacks/
Fission has been underway for months. But Mozilla plans to take its first concrete step later this month with a release called Milestone 1, said Nika Layzell, a Firefox platform engineer, in a blog post Monday.

"We aim to build a browser which isn't just secure against known security vulnerabilities, but also has layers of built-in defense against potential future vulnerabilities," Layzell said. "Fission is a massive project."

Spectre-style attacks can be used to steal highly sensitive data like passwords or encryption keys not just by exploiting web browsers but also processors and operating systems. The computing industry has been scrambling to fundamentally redesign much of its technology as a result. The magnitude of Project Fission shows just how hard it is to take care of the problem.

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