Internet users are under attack — and what’s more, there’s no bulletproof defense against hackers on the horizon. Despite hype to the contrary from marketing departments at Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla, Web browsers themselves — not just the operating systems that run them — are to blame for many security flaws. Vulnerabilities are so embedded in any browser that surfing the Web is no safer than driving a tank blindfolded through a mine field.
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The False Promise of Browser Security
Posted by: Jack M. Germain October 11, 2006 04:00 AMInternet users are under attack — and what’s more, there’s no bulletproof defense against hackers on the horizon. Despite hype to the contrary from marketing departments at Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla, Web browsers themselves — not just the operating systems that run them — are to blame for many security flaws. Vulnerabilities are so embedded in any browser that surfing the Web is no safer than driving a tank blindfolded through a mine field.