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Firefox
has been gaining quite a reputation and quite a following. Recently
it
was reported that Firefox is taking a 20% market share for
browsers. What this means in terms of security is that “This
gives
it a high profile and leaves it a desirable target to be exploited by
hackers and malware writers. Worse yet, it has less money to fund
security efforts that Microsoft, and according to some experts, less
focus as well.”
This
might mean a risk to your computer. But really how can you know? I
guess the point is that you really don't know how safe you are until
someone exploits a hole and voila, all your files disappear. Its hard
to know you are truly safe before
something happens. But a recent study suggests that Firefox might
actually pose a very big potential risk to businesses.
You
can read
this article here that discusses more in depth some of the
risks associated with Firefox.
One
thing to note is that “The study's conclusions only
marginally
apply to the consumer market.”
Make
sure you check out the rest of the series. I will be offering some
new insight into virtually every browser in the market right now.
;)
;)
Are you ever really safe? IE7 is what I am used to and I will download the patch ASAP.