Number of browser vulnerabilities rising

[megamaced]

This is from a report published by Symantec, who claim that Firefox has the highest numbers of bugs, followed by Internet Explorer. The report compares the findings from 2005 and the only browser with less vunerabilities then the year before is Opera :)

An extract from the artical:

According to the most recent update to security-firm Symantec's biannual Internet Security Threat Report, the last six months saw a significant uptick in the number of security vulnerabilities found in web browsers. Leading the way was Firefox, with 47 bugs discovered. Researchers and hackers discovered 38 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, 12 in Safari, and seven in Opera.

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[Addis]

Good to see the bugs are being fixed very quickly.