diff --git a/www.videolan.org/include/footer.php b/www.videolan.org/include/footer.php
index 4aba29d3e2b62a9c7e19a7a61697ea560b13ac45..9288d82159689c359171cccd04d679c6e1d7c57f 100644
--- a/www.videolan.org/include/footer.php
+++ b/www.videolan.org/include/footer.php
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ function footer($tag = "", $alternate_lang=array(), $additional_class = "") {
                         <?php image( 'logoGrey.png', 'Association VideoLAN', 'center-xs center-sm' ); ?>
                     </a>
                     <div class="social-box">
-                        <a class="social" href="http://www.facebook.com/vlc.media.player">
+                        <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="social" href="http://www.facebook.com/vlc.media.player">
                             <i class="icon-facebook"></i>
                         </a>
-                        <a class="social" href="http://www.twitter.com/videolan">
+                        <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="social" href="http://www.twitter.com/videolan">
                             <i class="icon-twitter"></i>
                         </a>
                     </div>
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ function footer($tag = "", $alternate_lang=array(), $additional_class = "") {
                     </p>
                     <p>
                         <span dir="ltr" lang="en">
-                            Design by <a href="http://www.madebyargon.com">Made By Argon</a>. Some icons are licensed under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC BY-SA 3.0+</a>. <br />
-                            The VLC cone icon was designed by Richard Øiestad. Icons for VLMC, DVBlast and x264 designed by <a href='http://cuberto.com/'>Roman Khramov</a>.
+                            Design by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.madebyargon.com">Made By Argon</a>. Some icons are licensed under the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC BY-SA 3.0+</a>. <br />
+                            The VLC cone icon was designed by Richard Øiestad. Icons for VLMC, DVBlast and x264 designed by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href='http://cuberto.com/'>Roman Khramov</a>.
                         </span>
                     </p>
                 </div>