Posts Tagged ‘internet security’

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Kipp  |  No Comments »

Are malicious PDF files society’s greatest menace?

…okay, maybe we’re being a little harsh there. But a recent ScanSafe report indicates that malicious PDF files accounted for 80% of all web-encountered exploits in 2009. Flash exploits, on the other hand, dropped from 40% of all exploits in 1Q09 to 18% in 4Q09. (By comparison, web-encountered exploits in Word and Excel comprised less [...]

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Posted on March 6th, 2009 by Stephanie  |  No Comments »

Firefox may be “buggy” BUT…

Mozilla Firefox recently reported 4 times the amount of bugs in its web browser than its competitors. HOWEVER, according to a vulnerability testing company called Secunia, reported bugs were dealt with much more swiftly than Internet Explorer, Safari, or Opera. The moral of the story: If you’re a fan of Firefox, do not fret – [...]

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