Firefox turns five, as security firm claims browser is least secure
Summary
According to California-based Cenzic, Mozillas browser had the largest percentage of web vulnerabilities over the six-month span, while Apples Safari had the dubious distinction of coming in second. As far back as December 2007, the companies sparred over bug counts after Jones claimed IE had been affected by fewer than half as many vulnerabilities in the previous three years as Firefox. In those instances, Mozilla has defended itself by arguing that it patches vulnerabilities significantly faster than Microsoft, and that its open-source approach means it doesnt hide flaws other vendors may fix in undercover updates. Ewe said that Safari, which controlled just 4% of the market last month, accounted for 35% of all browser vulnerabilities because of a large number of reported flaws in the version that runs on Apples iPhone. Data from web metrics company Net Applications puts IE as the most-used browser , with about 65% of the market, followed by Firefox with 24%, Safari with 4.4%, Googles Chrome with 3.6% and Opera with 2.2%.
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