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Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities Increase 100%

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes Bromium Labs analyzed public vulnerabilities and exploits from the first six months of 2014. The research determined that Internet Explorer vulnerabilities have increased more than 100 percent since 2013, surpassing Java and Flash vulnerabilities. Web browsers have always been a favorite avenue of attack, but we are now seeing that hackers are not only getting better at attacking Internet Explorer, they are doing it more frequently.

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  1. Re:Surprise! by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but no other browser can claim a 100% increase in vulnerabilities!

    Take THAT, Apple, Mozilla, Google and Opera!

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  2. Re:Surprise! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry--those who were responsible for that browser were all just sacked.
     
    ... and those who were responsible for sacking the browser writers were all sacked.

  3. 100% Increase by JD-1027 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm betting it had more than one vulnerability...

    http://xkcd.com/1102/

  4. Re:Surprise! by pr0nbot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think your post constitutes a 100% increase in the number of times I've heard Opera mentioned this year.