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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. Odd Conclusion by bveldkamp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's an odd conclusion to draw from the report. What it actually says is:

    1. Number of vulnerabilities in IE remains constant from 2013 to 2014, other applications see a decrease
    2. Number of public exploits in IE decreases from 11 to 3 in that same period
    3. Number of days to patch in IE decreases from ~80 to ~5 between IE7 and IE 11

    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.

  3. 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.

  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.