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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:Odd Conclusion by BasilBrush · · Score: 5, Informative

    We seem to be having a lot of astroturf from MS today.

    IE Exploits.
    2013 = 130
    H1-2014 = 133.

    Bearing in mind the year vs half-year, that's a 104% increase. So no it's not an odd conclusion at all.