Comments on: Research: Web Browser War, Security Battle in 2011

By: W*ix

W*ix — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:55:19 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about Chrome so much, the spike on the first graph is mostly vulnerabilities found by the staff and testers.
Implying a browser is more or less secure by the initial graph is ignorant, if the staff don’t find bugs in their own software then they could be equally as incompetent as those who introduce the bugs, it can also boil down to prototyping style and release frequency.
It’s the last two graphs people should be focusing on. These are the real issues we face every day when browsing.

By: Sarah Martin

Sarah Martin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:03:23 +0000

What’s striking me most is that except Opera, all the other browsers have a lot of severe vulnerabilities. With Firefox I presume this has to do with the rapid release cycle – I can’t count how many new versions they released in the last couple of years. I have never been a fan of rapid releases but when this is at the expense of security, this is totally wrong for me.

By: Walter Scott

Walter Scott — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:50:15 +0000

Nice work Cristi…

By: Steven Livetan

Steven Livetan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:38:39 +0000

Well, the study shows it. Opera is the most secure and least vulnerable web browser to date. This is the reason why the mobile version of Opera is also the most widely installed and used mobile web browser. Almost 80 million users use Opera Mini.

In fact, Opera Mini is the default browser of some of the top smartphones to date – Samsung Galaxy, Qualcomm, HTC, etc. All these figures just prove that you don’t have to have the backing of a mega company to create an outstanding web browser. What you say Apple and Microsoft?

By: Washington Despi

Washington Despi — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:13:43 +0000

The only reason why Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are the two of the most vulnerable web browsers today is because they’re the two of the most popular rising browsers today. In IT world, if you are popular and widely used, expect more attacks – this is how the game works especially to web apps.

This is also the reason why Google Chrome and Firefox is two of most updated programs on the World Wide Web. I admit it, I’m a huge fan of Firefox. I’ve been using it since November 2004 – the browser’s initial release. I found it to be the most secure web browser then and now PERIOD.

By: John Price

John Price — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:48:03 +0000

As a Chrome user, these numbers are highly alarming, but when I try to think of the reason for the spike in vulnerabilities, it’s pretty easy to point to the “app store” interface and the move toward cloud-based applications as breaking the hornet’s nest wide open. Still, I didn’t expect the security to be THAT bad.