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Browser Vulnerability Study Unkind to Firefox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-beats-IE-on-my-linux-boxes dept.

Browser Buddy writes "A new Symantec study on browser vulnerabilities covering the first half of 2006 has some surprising conclusions. It turns out that Firefox leads the pack with 47 vulnerabilities, compared to 38 for Internet Explorer. From Ars Technica's coverage: 'In addition to leading the pack in sheer number of vulnerabilities, Firefox also showed the greatest increase in number, as the popular open-source browser had only logged 17 during the previous reporting period. IE saw an increase of just over 50 percent, from 25; Safari doubled its previous six; and Opera was the only one of the four browsers monitored that actually saw a decrease in vulnerabilities, from nine to seven.' Firefox still leads the pack when it comes to patching though, with only a one-day window of vulnerability."

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  1. Truth to the market segment argument? by RingDev · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's this? Could it be an indication that there is some truth to the market segment correlation to vulnerabilities and attacks?

    -Rick

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    1. Re:Truth to the market segment argument? by Xichekolas · · Score: 3, Funny

      Every /. user goes through their Pro-Microsoft stage... just usually it happens before they get a /. userid...

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      Self-referential Sigs are cool on /. these days...

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    2. Re:Truth to the market segment argument? by aichpvee · · Score: 2, Funny

      So when's the IE audit? I can't wait!

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  2. Mod Parent INCOHERENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Seriously dude.

    Did you have an aneurysm in your language center or something?

  3. Re:Consider this... by Onan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fascinating. Isn't the most common accusation leveled at Microsoft that they always prioritize new features and bloat over making their existing stuff more stable and secure?

    So, in other words, the Mozilla project has become Microsoft, but more so?