You may not have noticed that while Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, Ubuntu Desktop, and Tesla Model 3 all fell victim to hackers within a week, Mozilla Firefox was also hacked. Firefox took its place among those detected with a security vulnerability.

Hackers from all over the world can participate and companies have their own software tested for reliability. During the PWN2OWN event, Mozilla Firefox was hacked in just eight seconds using two critical vulnerabilities.

So who hacked Mozilla Firefox in just eight seconds?

The gifted hacker named Manfred Paul during the PWN2OWN 2022 event ending Friday, May 20. managed to hack into Firefox using the blazing fast double exploit using two critical vulnerabilities.

Manfred Paul took fourth on the podium at the opening session of PWWN2OWN on Wednesday 18 May and the overall Won $100,000 in prize money† Later that same day, for successful zero-day use in the Apple Safari browser He won another $50,000.

What should Firefox browser users do now?

So you really don’t have to do much for it. Because the version of the Firefox browser in which Manfred Paul found the vulnerability was the zero-day version. Companies even participate in such events to detect and immediately correct these gaps. The point here is that Manfred Paul just did it. He passed in 8 seconds.

All you can do is if If you’ve stopped the automatic update, you’ll need to enable your updates or start manually.† To do this, after opening the Mozilla Firefox browser, you need to go to the three line symbols at the top right, then to the Help section and the About Firefox section. If you are going to do it manually, you will need to install the following versions.

• Firefox v100.0.2 for desktop users
• Firefox v100.3.0 for Android users
• Firefox v91.9.1 for Enterprise ‘Extended Support Edition’ users

If you are one of the few who uses Firefox, we recommend that you exercise caution. What do you think? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.