In a post to Mozilla Security blog, Window Snyder, Mozilla Security Officer, confirmed a security threat reported a couple of days ago that has compromised Vietnamese language packs downloaded since February 18, 2008.

Apparentlly, the language pack author’s computer got infected with the HTML.Xorer virus which injected malicious scripts into Firefox’s localized help files to display unwanted ads. While not harmful at this point, the ads could be replaced with malware to compromise users’ computers.

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A second take on Mobile Firefox UI’s design for touchscreen devices has been published. The new design picks suggestions made to the previous proposal and introduces a more subtle user interface that makes better use of portable devices’ limited screen estate.

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As part of it mobile strategy, Mozilla has unveiled the first designs of what may become in time, Mobile Firefox’s user interface. The design considers two scenarios: touch screen enabled devices like most PDAs and smart phones and those were screen navigation is performed with a keyboard or similar, like most cell phones.

Perhaps the most noticeable change in these first previews is the aim for look and feel and even functionality consistency with Firefox 3, a true challenge for an application constrained to cell phones and PDAs limited computing resources.

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