By duping an Internet innocent into making just one errant click, an online bandit can inflict a world of hurt. Socially engineered malware attacks attempt to deceive a user into downloading malicious software, typically through a link to an infected website. Since browsers play a key role in many SEM attacks, browser makers have built protections into their products to thwart them. The best protections against those attacks are built into Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, according to NSS Labs.
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IE Gets Top Props for Thwarting Socially Engineered Malware
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 4, 2013 10:59 AMBy duping an Internet innocent into making just one errant click, an online bandit can inflict a world of hurt. Socially engineered malware attacks attempt to deceive a user into downloading malicious software, typically through a link to an infected website. Since browsers play a key role in many SEM attacks, browser makers have built protections into their products to thwart them. The best protections against those attacks are built into Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, according to NSS Labs.